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## The One Hundred Twenty-Third Chapter
This scripture, bestowed by the **Jiva-Vishuddhi-Dana**, is extremely delightful and shines like the sun's light throughout the universe, illuminating all things.
This **Padma Purana** was composed by **Padma Muni** after one thousand two hundred and three years and six months had passed since the **Jina-Bhaskara** **Vardhamana** **Siddheshvara** attained **moksha**.
May all the **Samaya-Devata**s, who are devoted to the **Jina**s, grace this work and make the entire world devoted to the **Jina**s. May they, filled with all kinds of respect and love for the world, protect the **agama** with their words in all matters.
Whatever is mentioned here, whether ending in a consonant or a vowel, is the word that signifies the meaning. A group of words is called a sentence.
**Lakshana**, **Alankara**, **Abhidheya**, **Lakshya**, and **Vyanga** are the three types of **vachya**. **Pramana**, **Chanda**, and **Agama** are also explained here according to the context. One should understand all this with a pure heart.
This **Padma Charita** is said to contain eighteen thousand and twenty-three verses in **Anushtup** meter.
Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-third chapter of the **Padma Purana**, composed by **Ravi-Shena Acharya**, known as **Parsha**, which describes the attainment of **siddhi** by **Baldeva**.