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Chapter 32

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Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 32

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महादेव उवाच- दृष्ट्वा शतक्रतुं सिद्धं समाप्तवरदक्षिणम् । मघवा जातसंकल्पः पर्यपृच्छद्बृहस्पतिम् १। भगवन्केन दानेन सर्वतः सुखमेधते । यदक्षयं महार्घं च तन्मे ब्रूहि महातपः २। एवमिंद्रेण चोक्तोऽसौ देवदेवः पुरोहितः । प्रहस्य तं महाप्राज्ञो बृहस्पतिरुवाचह ३। हिरण्यदानं गोदानं भूमिदानं च वासव । एतत्प्रयच्छमानस्तु सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ४। सुवर्णं रजतं वस्त्रं मणिरत्नं च वासव । सर्वमेव भवेद्दत्तं वसुधां यः प्रयच्छति ५। फालकृष्टां महीं दत्वा सबीजां सस्यमालिनीम् । यावत्सूर्यकृतालोकस्तावत्स्वर्गेमहीयते ६। यत्किंचित्कुरुते पापं पुरुषो वृत्तिकर्षितः । अपि गोचर्ममात्रेण भूमिदानेन शुध्यति ७। दशहस्तेन दंडोऽत्र त्रिंशद्दंडानि वर्तनम् । दशतान्येव गोचर्म्म ब्रह्मगोचर्मलक्षणम् ८। सवृषं गोसहस्रं तु यत्र तिष्ठत्ययंत्रितम् । बालवत्सप्रसूतानां तद्गोचर्म इति स्मृतम् ९। विप्राय दद्याच्च गुणान्विताय तपोयुताय प्रजितेंद्रियाय । यावन्मही तिष्ठति सागरांता तावत्फलं तस्य भवेदनंतम् १०। यथाप्सु पतितः शक्र तैलबिंदुः प्रसर्पति । एवंभूमिकृतं दानं सस्ये सस्ये प्रसर्पति ११। यथाबीजानि रोहंति प्रचीर्णानि महीतले । एवं कामान्प्ररोहंति भूमिदानसमन्विताः १२। अन्नदाः सुखिनो नित्यं वस्त्रदो रूपवान्भवेत् । स नरः सर्वदो भूयो यो ददाति वसुंधराम् १३। यथा गौर्भरते वत्सं क्षीरमुत्सृज्य क्षीरिणी । एवं दत्ता सहस्राक्ष भूमिर्भरति भूमिदम् १४। शंखो भद्रासनं छत्रं वराश्ववरवारणाः । भूमिदानस्य पुण्यस्य फलं स्वर्गः पुरंदर १५। आदित्यो वरुणो वह्निर्ब्रह्मा सोमो हुताशनः । शूलपाणिश्च भगवानभिनंदंति भूमिदम् १६। आस्फोटयंति पितरो वर्णयंति पितामहाः । भूमिदाता कुले जातः स नस्त्राता भविष्यति १७। त्रीण्याहुरतिदानानि गावः पृथ्वी सरस्वती । नरकादुद्धरंत्येते जपवापनदोहनात् १८। दुर्गतिं तारयंत्येते विद्वद्भिर्विप्रधारणैः । प्रावृता वस्त्रदा यांति नग्ना यान्तित्ववस्त्रदाः १९। तृप्ता यांत्यन्नदातारः क्षुधिता यांत्यनन्नदाः । कांक्षंति पितरः सर्वे नरकाद्भयभीरवः २०। गयां यास्यति यः पुत्रः स नस्त्राता भविष्यति । एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा यद्येकोऽपि गयां व्रजेत् २१। यजेत वाश्वमेधेन नीलं वा वृषमुत्सृजेत् । लोहितो यस्तु वर्णेन पुच्छाग्रे यस्तु पांडुरः २२। श्वेतः खुरविषाणाभ्यां स नीलो वृष उच्यते । नीलः पांडुरलांगूलस्तोयमुद्धरते तु यः २३। षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि पितरस्तेन तर्पिताः । यच्च शृंगगतं पंकं कुलं तिष्ठति चोद्धृतम् २४। पितरस्तस्य चाश्नंति सोमलोकं महाद्युतिम् । आसीद्राज्ञो दिलीपस्य नृगस्य नहुषस्य च २५। अन्येषां तु नरेंद्राणां पुनरन्यो न गच्छति । बहुभिर्वसुधा दत्ता राजभिः सगरादिभिः २६। यस्य यस्य यदा भूमिस्तस्यतस्य तदा फलम् । ब्रह्मघ्नो वाथ स्त्रीहंता बालघ्नः पतितोऽथवा २७। गवां शतसहस्राणि हंता तत्तस्यदुःष्कृतम् । स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा यो हरेत्तु वसुंधराम् २८। स च विष्ठाकृमिर्भूत्वा पितृभिः सह पच्यते । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गे तिष्ठति भूमिदः २९। प्रहर्ता चानुमंता च तावद्वै नरकं व्रजेत् । भूमिदाद्भूमिहर्तुश्च नापरः पुण्यपापवान् ३०। उर्द्ध्वाधस्तौ च तिष्ठेते यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् ३१। अग्नेरपत्यं प्रथमं सुवर्णं भूर्वैष्णवी सूर्यसुतास्तु गावः । तेषांमनंतं फलमश्नुवीत यः कांचनं गां च महीं च दद्यात् ३२। भूमिं यः प्रतिगृह्णाति यश्च भूमिं प्रयच्छति । उभौ तौ पुण्यकर्माणौ नियतौ स्वर्गगामिनौ ३३। अन्यायेन हृता भूमिर्यैर्नरैरपहारिता । हरंतो हारयंतश्च हन्युस्ते सप्तमं कुलम् ३४। हरेद्धारयते यस्तु मंदबुद्धिस्तमोवृतः । स बद्धो वारुणैः पाशैस्तिर्यग्योनिषु जायते ३५। अश्रुभिः पतितैस्तेषां दानानामवकीर्त्तनम् । ब्राह्मणस्य हृते क्षेत्रे हतं त्रिपुरुषं कुलम् ३६। वापीकूपसहस्रेण अश्वमेधशतेन च । गवांकोटिप्रदानेन भूमिहर्ता न शुद्ध्यति ३७। कृतं दत्तं तपोऽधीतं यत्किंचिद्धर्मसंस्थितम् । अर्द्धांगुलस्य सीमाया हरणेन प्रणश्यति ३८। गोतीर्थं ग्रामरथ्यां च श्मशानग्राममेव च । संपीड्य नरकं याति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् ३९। पंचकन्यानृते हंति दश हंति गवानृते । शतमश्वानृते हंति सहस्रं पुरुषानृते ४०। हंति जातानजातांश्च हिरण्यार्थेऽनृतं वदन् । सर्वं भूम्यनृते हंति मास्म भूम्यनृतं वद ४१। ब्रह्मस्वे नो रतिं कुर्यात्प्राणैः कंठगतैरपि । अग्निदग्धाः प्ररोहंति ब्रह्मदग्धो न रोहति ४२। अग्निदग्धाः प्ररोहंति सूर्यदग्धास्तथैव च । राजदंडहताश्चैव ब्रह्मशापहता हताः ४३। ब्रह्मस्वेन च पुष्टानि अंगानि च मुहुर्महुः । कार्यकालेविशीर्यंते सिकताभि तपो यथा ४४। ब्रह्मस्वहरणं कुर्वन्नरो यातीह रौरवम् । न विषं विषमित्याहुर्ब्रह्मस्वं विषमुच्यते ४५। विषमेकाकिनं हंति ब्रह्मस्वं पुत्रपौत्रिकम् । लोहचूर्णं चाश्मचूर्णं विषं संजरयेन्नरः ४६। ब्रह्मस्वं त्रिषु लोकेषु कः पुमान्जरयिष्यति । ब्रह्मस्वेन तु यत्सौख्यं देवस्वेन तु या रतिः ४७। तद्धनं कुलनाशाय भवत्यात्मविनाशनम् । ब्रह्मस्वं ब्रह्महत्या च दरिद्रस्य तु यद्धनम् ४८। गुरुमित्रहिरण्यं च स्वर्गस्थमपि पीडयेत् । श्रोत्रियाय कुलीनाय दरिद्राय च वासव ४९। संतुष्टाय विनीताय सर्वस्वसहिताय च । वेदाभ्यास तपो ज्ञानेंद्रियसंयमशालिने 6.32.५०। ईदृशाय सुरश्रेष्ठ यद्दत्तं हि तदक्षयम् । आमपात्रे यथा न्यस्तं क्षीरं दधि घृतं मधु ५१। भिनत्ति पात्रं दौर्बल्यान्न च पात्रं विनश्यति । एवं गां च हिरण्यं च वस्त्रमन्नं मही तिलान् ५२। अविद्वान्प्रतिगृह्णाति भस्मीभवति काष्ठवत् । यस्तडागं नवं कुर्यात्पुराणं वापि खानयेत् ५३। सर्वं कुलं समुद्धृत्य स्वर्गलोके महीयते । वापीकूपतडागानि उद्यानप्रभवानि च ५४। पुनर्नीतानि संस्कारं ददते मौक्तिकं फलम्। निदाघकाले पानीय यस्य तिष्ठति वासव ५५। स दुर्गं विषमं कृच्छ्रं न कदाचिदवाप्नुयात् । एकाहं तु स्थितं तोयं पृथिव्यां देवसत्तम ५६। कुलानि तारयेत्तस्य सप्तसप्त परानपि । दीपालोकप्रदानेन वपुष्मान्स भवेन्नरः ५७। दक्षिणायाः प्रदानेन स्मृतिं मेधां च विंदति । कृत्वापि पातकं कर्म यो दद्यादनुसंधिने ५८। ब्राह्मणाय विशेषेण न स पापैर्हि लिप्यते । भूमेर्गावस्तथादासः प्रसह्य प्रहृता यदा ५९। न निवेदयते यस्तु तमाहुर्ब्रह्मघातकम् । उपस्थिते विवाहे च यज्ञे दाने च वासव ६०। मोहाच्चरति विघ्नं यः स मृतो जायते कृमिः । धनं फलति दानेन जीवितं जीवरक्षणात् ६१। रूपमैश्वर्यमारोग्यमहिंसाफलमश्नुते । फलमूलाशनात्पूजां स्वर्गः सत्येन लभ्यते ६२। प्रायोपवेशनाद्राज्यं सर्वत्र सुखमश्नुते । सुखाट्यः शक्रदीक्षायां सुगामी च तृणाशनः ६३। रूपी त्रिषवणस्नायी वायुं पीत्वा क्रतुं लभेत् । नित्यस्नायी भवेद्दक्षः संध्यावेदजपान्वितः ६४। अहिंस्रो याति वैराज्यं नाकपृष्ठमनाशकम् । अग्निप्रवेशी नियतं ब्रह्मलोके महीयते ६५। रसानां प्रतिसंहारे पशून्पुत्रांश्च विंदति । नाके चिरं स वसति उपवासी च यो भवेत् ६६। सततं भूमिशायी यः स लभेदीप्सितां गतिम् । वीरासनं वीरशयं वीरस्थानमुपासतः ६७। अक्षयास्तस्यलोकाः स्युः सर्वकामगमास्तथा । उपवासं च दीक्षां च अभिषेकं च वासव ६८। कृत्वा द्वादशवर्षाणि वीरस्थानाद्विशिष्यते । पावनं चरते धर्मं स्वर्गलोके महीयते ६९। बृहस्पतिमतं पुण्यं ये पठंति द्विजोत्तमाः । तेषां चत्वारि वर्द्धंते आयुर्विद्यायशोबलम् ७०। नारद उवाच- इतींद्राय बृहस्पतिप्रणीतं धर्मशास्त्रकम् । मह्यं भक्ताय संप्रोक्तं महेशेनाखिलं नृप ७१। इति श्रीपाद्मेमहापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायां उत्तरखण्डे उमापतिनारदसंवादे धर्मकथने द्वात्रिंशोऽध्यायः ।

mahādeva uvāca- dṛṣṭvā śatakratuṃ siddhaṃ samāptavaradakṣiṇam | maghavā jātasaṃkalpaḥ paryapṛcchadbṛhaspatim 1| bhagavankena dānena sarvataḥ sukhamedhate | yadakṣayaṃ mahārghaṃ ca tanme brūhi mahātapaḥ 2| evamiṃdreṇa cokto'sau devadevaḥ purohitaḥ | prahasya taṃ mahāprājño bṛhaspatiruvācaha 3| hiraṇyadānaṃ godānaṃ bhūmidānaṃ ca vāsava | etatprayacchamānastu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate 4| suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vastraṃ maṇiratnaṃ ca vāsava | sarvameva bhaveddattaṃ vasudhāṃ yaḥ prayacchati 5| phālakṛṣṭāṃ mahīṃ datvā sabījāṃ sasyamālinīm | yāvatsūryakṛtālokastāvatsvargemahīyate 6| yatkiṃcitkurute pāpaṃ puruṣo vṛttikarṣitaḥ | api gocarmamātreṇa bhūmidānena śudhyati 7| daśahastena daṃḍo'tra triṃśaddaṃḍāni vartanam | daśatānyeva gocarmma brahmagocarmalakṣaṇam 8| savṛṣaṃ gosahasraṃ tu yatra tiṣṭhatyayaṃtritam | bālavatsaprasūtānāṃ tadgocarma iti smṛtam 9| viprāya dadyācca guṇānvitāya tapoyutāya prajiteṃdriyāya | yāvanmahī tiṣṭhati sāgarāṃtā tāvatphalaṃ tasya bhavedanaṃtam 10| yathāpsu patitaḥ śakra tailabiṃduḥ prasarpati | evaṃbhūmikṛtaṃ dānaṃ sasye sasye prasarpati 11| yathābījāni rohaṃti pracīrṇāni mahītale | evaṃ kāmānprarohaṃti bhūmidānasamanvitāḥ 12| annadāḥ sukhino nityaṃ vastrado rūpavānbhavet | sa naraḥ sarvado bhūyo yo dadāti vasuṃdharām 13| yathā gaurbharate vatsaṃ kṣīramutsṛjya kṣīriṇī | evaṃ dattā sahasrākṣa bhūmirbharati bhūmidam 14| śaṃkho bhadrāsanaṃ chatraṃ varāśvavaravāraṇāḥ | bhūmidānasya puṇyasya phalaṃ svargaḥ puraṃdara 15| ādityo varuṇo vahnirbrahmā somo hutāśanaḥ | śūlapāṇiśca bhagavānabhinaṃdaṃti bhūmidam 16| āsphoṭayaṃti pitaro varṇayaṃti pitāmahāḥ | bhūmidātā kule jātaḥ sa nastrātā bhaviṣyati 17| trīṇyāhuratidānāni gāvaḥ pṛthvī sarasvatī | narakāduddharaṃtyete japavāpanadohanāt 18| durgatiṃ tārayaṃtyete vidvadbhirvipradhāraṇaiḥ | prāvṛtā vastradā yāṃti nagnā yāntitvavastradāḥ 19| tṛptā yāṃtyannadātāraḥ kṣudhitā yāṃtyanannadāḥ | kāṃkṣaṃti pitaraḥ sarve narakādbhayabhīravaḥ 20| gayāṃ yāsyati yaḥ putraḥ sa nastrātā bhaviṣyati | eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā yadyeko'pi gayāṃ vrajet 21| yajeta vāśvamedhena nīlaṃ vā vṛṣamutsṛjet | lohito yastu varṇena pucchāgre yastu pāṃḍuraḥ 22| śvetaḥ khuraviṣāṇābhyāṃ sa nīlo vṛṣa ucyate | nīlaḥ pāṃḍuralāṃgūlastoyamuddharate tu yaḥ 23| ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi pitarastena tarpitāḥ | yacca śṛṃgagataṃ paṃkaṃ kulaṃ tiṣṭhati coddhṛtam 24| pitarastasya cāśnaṃti somalokaṃ mahādyutim | āsīdrājño dilīpasya nṛgasya nahuṣasya ca 25| anyeṣāṃ tu nareṃdrāṇāṃ punaranyo na gacchati | bahubhirvasudhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ 26| yasya yasya yadā bhūmistasyatasya tadā phalam | brahmaghno vātha strīhaṃtā bālaghnaḥ patito'thavā 27| gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi haṃtā tattasyaduḥṣkṛtam | svadattāṃ paradattāṃ vā yo harettu vasuṃdharām 28| sa ca viṣṭhākṛmirbhūtvā pitṛbhiḥ saha pacyate | ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svarge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ 29| prahartā cānumaṃtā ca tāvadvai narakaṃ vrajet | bhūmidādbhūmihartuśca nāparaḥ puṇyapāpavān 30| urddhvādhastau ca tiṣṭhete yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam 31| agnerapatyaṃ prathamaṃ suvarṇaṃ bhūrvaiṣṇavī sūryasutāstu gāvaḥ | teṣāṃmanaṃtaṃ phalamaśnuvīta yaḥ kāṃcanaṃ gāṃ ca mahīṃ ca dadyāt 32| bhūmiṃ yaḥ pratigṛhṇāti yaśca bhūmiṃ prayacchati | ubhau tau puṇyakarmāṇau niyatau svargagāminau 33| anyāyena hṛtā bhūmiryairnarairapahāritā | haraṃto hārayaṃtaśca hanyuste saptamaṃ kulam 34| hareddhārayate yastu maṃdabuddhistamovṛtaḥ | sa baddho vāruṇaiḥ pāśaistiryagyoniṣu jāyate 35| aśrubhiḥ patitaisteṣāṃ dānānāmavakīrttanam | brāhmaṇasya hṛte kṣetre hataṃ tripuruṣaṃ kulam 36| vāpīkūpasahasreṇa aśvamedhaśatena ca | gavāṃkoṭipradānena bhūmihartā na śuddhyati 37| kṛtaṃ dattaṃ tapo'dhītaṃ yatkiṃciddharmasaṃsthitam | arddhāṃgulasya sīmāyā haraṇena praṇaśyati 38| gotīrthaṃ grāmarathyāṃ ca śmaśānagrāmameva ca | saṃpīḍya narakaṃ yāti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam 39| paṃcakanyānṛte haṃti daśa haṃti gavānṛte | śatamaśvānṛte haṃti sahasraṃ puruṣānṛte 40| haṃti jātānajātāṃśca hiraṇyārthe'nṛtaṃ vadan | sarvaṃ bhūmyanṛte haṃti māsma bhūmyanṛtaṃ vada 41| brahmasve no ratiṃ kuryātprāṇaiḥ kaṃṭhagatairapi | agnidagdhāḥ prarohaṃti brahmadagdho na rohati 42| agnidagdhāḥ prarohaṃti sūryadagdhāstathaiva ca | rājadaṃḍahatāścaiva brahmaśāpahatā hatāḥ 43| brahmasvena ca puṣṭāni aṃgāni ca muhurmahuḥ | kāryakāleviśīryaṃte sikatābhi tapo yathā 44| brahmasvaharaṇaṃ kurvannaro yātīha rauravam | na viṣaṃ viṣamityāhurbrahmasvaṃ viṣamucyate 45| viṣamekākinaṃ haṃti brahmasvaṃ putrapautrikam | lohacūrṇaṃ cāśmacūrṇaṃ viṣaṃ saṃjarayennaraḥ 46| brahmasvaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kaḥ pumānjarayiṣyati | brahmasvena tu yatsaukhyaṃ devasvena tu yā ratiḥ 47| taddhanaṃ kulanāśāya bhavatyātmavināśanam | brahmasvaṃ brahmahatyā ca daridrasya tu yaddhanam 48| gurumitrahiraṇyaṃ ca svargasthamapi pīḍayet | śrotriyāya kulīnāya daridrāya ca vāsava 49| saṃtuṣṭāya vinītāya sarvasvasahitāya ca | vedābhyāsa tapo jñāneṃdriyasaṃyamaśāline 6.32.50| īdṛśāya suraśreṣṭha yaddattaṃ hi tadakṣayam | āmapātre yathā nyastaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhi ghṛtaṃ madhu 51| bhinatti pātraṃ daurbalyānna ca pātraṃ vinaśyati | evaṃ gāṃ ca hiraṇyaṃ ca vastramannaṃ mahī tilān 52| avidvānpratigṛhṇāti bhasmībhavati kāṣṭhavat | yastaḍāgaṃ navaṃ kuryātpurāṇaṃ vāpi khānayet 53| sarvaṃ kulaṃ samuddhṛtya svargaloke mahīyate | vāpīkūpataḍāgāni udyānaprabhavāni ca 54| punarnītāni saṃskāraṃ dadate mauktikaṃ phalam| nidāghakāle pānīya yasya tiṣṭhati vāsava 55| sa durgaṃ viṣamaṃ kṛcchraṃ na kadācidavāpnuyāt | ekāhaṃ tu sthitaṃ toyaṃ pṛthivyāṃ devasattama 56| kulāni tārayettasya saptasapta parānapi | dīpālokapradānena vapuṣmānsa bhavennaraḥ 57| dakṣiṇāyāḥ pradānena smṛtiṃ medhāṃ ca viṃdati | kṛtvāpi pātakaṃ karma yo dadyādanusaṃdhine 58| brāhmaṇāya viśeṣeṇa na sa pāpairhi lipyate | bhūmergāvastathādāsaḥ prasahya prahṛtā yadā 59| na nivedayate yastu tamāhurbrahmaghātakam | upasthite vivāhe ca yajñe dāne ca vāsava 60| mohāccarati vighnaṃ yaḥ sa mṛto jāyate kṛmiḥ | dhanaṃ phalati dānena jīvitaṃ jīvarakṣaṇāt 61| rūpamaiśvaryamārogyamahiṃsāphalamaśnute | phalamūlāśanātpūjāṃ svargaḥ satyena labhyate 62| prāyopaveśanādrājyaṃ sarvatra sukhamaśnute | sukhāṭyaḥ śakradīkṣāyāṃ sugāmī ca tṛṇāśanaḥ 63| rūpī triṣavaṇasnāyī vāyuṃ pītvā kratuṃ labhet | nityasnāyī bhaveddakṣaḥ saṃdhyāvedajapānvitaḥ 64| ahiṃsro yāti vairājyaṃ nākapṛṣṭhamanāśakam | agnipraveśī niyataṃ brahmaloke mahīyate 65| rasānāṃ pratisaṃhāre paśūnputrāṃśca viṃdati | nāke ciraṃ sa vasati upavāsī ca yo bhavet 66| satataṃ bhūmiśāyī yaḥ sa labhedīpsitāṃ gatim | vīrāsanaṃ vīraśayaṃ vīrasthānamupāsataḥ 67| akṣayāstasyalokāḥ syuḥ sarvakāmagamāstathā | upavāsaṃ ca dīkṣāṃ ca abhiṣekaṃ ca vāsava 68| kṛtvā dvādaśavarṣāṇi vīrasthānādviśiṣyate | pāvanaṃ carate dharmaṃ svargaloke mahīyate 69| bṛhaspatimataṃ puṇyaṃ ye paṭhaṃti dvijottamāḥ | teṣāṃ catvāri varddhaṃte āyurvidyāyaśobalam 70| nārada uvāca- itīṃdrāya bṛhaspatipraṇītaṃ dharmaśāstrakam | mahyaṃ bhaktāya saṃproktaṃ maheśenākhilaṃ nṛpa 71| iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ uttarakhaṇḍe umāpatināradasaṃvāde dharmakathane dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ |

English translation

Mahādeva said :

1-9. Seeing the Śatakratu completed and accomplished with excellent presents, Indra , in whose mind a thought had arisen, asked Bṛhaspati : “O you glorious one, O you of a great penance, tell me about that inexhaustible and very valuable gift by means of which a man gets happinsss everywhere.” Thus addressed by Indra, that family priest (of the gods), the god of gods and the very wise Bṛhaspati said: “O Indra, he who gives the gift of gold, or of a cow, or of(a piece of) land, becomes free from all sins. All (this) viz. gold, silver, a garment, a gem, a jewel would be (said to be) given by him who gives (a piece of) land. By giving land that is tilled with a plough, that contains seeds and is shining with corn, a man is honoured in heaven as long as there is the light cast by the sun. That sin, whichever a man overpowered by his livelihood commits, is purified by the gift of land of the measure of a gocarma . Daṇḍa is of the measure of ten cubits. Thirty daṇḍas make a vartana . Ten such ( vartanas )make a gocarma . This is the definition of brahmagocarma . That land where a thousand cows that have calved young calves and that are with bulls, remain uncontrolled, is known as gocarma .

10-14. He should give it to a brāhmaṇa endowed with virtues, possessing penance, and with his senses controlled. He would get its infinite fruit as long as the earth begirt by the ocean remains. As a drop of oil fallen into water spreads, in the same way, O Indra, the gift of (a piece of) land spreads in every grain. As the seeds scattered on the earth grow, similarly the desires accompanied by the gift of land, grow (i.e. become fruitful). The givers of food are always happy. One who gives a garment would be handsome. That man who gives (a piece of) land repeatedly gives all.

15-17. O Indra, as a milch-cow feeds her calf by sending out milk, in the same way the land that is given (to a brāhmaṇa) feeds the giver of it. A conch, an auspicious seat, an umbrella, excellent horses and fine elephants ( obscure ). The fruit of the religious merit of the gift of land is heaven, O Indra. The Sun, Varuṇa , Fire, Brahmā , the Moon, Hutāśana (i.e. fire), the lord with the trident in his hand greet the giver of land. His manes clap (with delight) and the grandsires describe (his gift), ‘In our family the giver of land is born. He will emancipate us.’

18-20. The three are said to be superior gifts: cows, land and knowledge. These lift (a man) from hell by means of muttering, sowing seed and milking. O brāhmaṇa, if they are taken up by the learned they help to cross a calamity. Those that give garments, go (to heaven with their bodies) covered. Those who do not give garments go naked. The givers of food go with gratification. Those who do not give food go hungry.

21-25a. All the manes frightened due to the fear of (falling into) hell say: ‘That (our) son who will go to Gayā will be our emancipator.’ Many sons should be desired, so that at least one of them would go to Gayā. He would perform the horse-sacrifice, or would give a ‘ nīla ’ bull. That bull which is red in colour, whitish at the tip of its tail, white at the hoofs and tail, is called ‘nīla’. By means of the water which the ‘nīla’ bull, of a whitish tail, splashes, the manes are gratified for sixty thousand years; and by means of the mud which is on the horns, the family is emancipated; and his manes obtain (i.e. go to) the very bright world of Soma (i.e. the Moon).

25b-30a. It was (reached) by king Dilīpa , Nṛga and Nahuṣa ; but none of the other kings reached it. Many kings like Sagara , gave (the gift of) land. Whenever he gave (the gift of) land he got its fruit (just) then. That (gift of land) destroys the sin (of one) who kills a brāhmaṇa, who murders a woman, who kills a child, who is fallen, or the killer of thousands of cows. He who takes away the land given by him or by someone else, becomes an insect in the feces, and is roasted along with his manes. The giver of land remains in heaven for sixty thousand years; and the one who strikes him (soliciting land) and who consents to (the suppliant being struck) would go to (and live in) hell for that much period.

30b-37. None else is more meritorious or a greater sinner than the giver of land or the snatcher of it (respectively). They remain above (i.e. in heaven) and below (in hell) till the deluge. The first child of Fire is gold; the earth is (the child) of Viṣṇu ; the cows are the Sun’s daughters. He would obtain an unending fruit of (these gifts); so also he who would give gold, or a cow or (a piece of) land. He who receives (a piece of) land, he who gives it, both are meritorious, and certainly go to heaven. Those who snatch (a piece of) land or those who have caused (others) to snatch it unjustly would destroy their family (upto) the seventh member (i.e. descendant). He, a dull one and covered by (i.e. full of) ignorance, who snatches or causes someone else to snatch (a piece of land), is bound by the nooses of Varuṇa and is born in the stocks of lower animals. The gifts are censured along with the tears that are shed. The family up to three descendants perishes when the land of a brāhmaṇa is taken away. One who snatches (a piece of) land is not purified (even) by (digging) a thousand wells and tanks , or by performing a hundred horse-sacrifices, or by giving a crore of cows.

38-39. Whatever good deed is done, whatever gift is given, whatever penance is practised, whatever study is done, whatever is meritorious perishes by taking away (the portion of) the border (of a piece of land) of the measure of half a finger. He who oppresses (i.e. snatches) a (pasture)—a sacred land of cows, (a portion of) the road in the village, or (a portion of) cremation ground goes to hell (and remains there) till deluge.

40-44. A man kills five (members of his family) if he tells a lie with regard to his daughter, kills ten if he lies about a cow, kills a hundred if he tells a lie about a horse, and (kills) a thousand by telling a lie about a man. The liar with regard to gold kills those that are born and those that are not (i.e. are yet to be) born. He kills (i.e. destroys) everything by lying about land. (Therefore) do not tell a lie pertaining to land. Even if the life is on the point of departing, a man should not show interest in a brāhmaṇa’s wealth. Those that are (duly) burnt with fire (after their death) go up. The one who is burnt by (the curse of) a brāhmaṇa, does not go up. Those who are burnt by fire, go up; so also those who are scorched up by the sun; so also those who are struck by the sceptre of the king or by the curse of a brāhmaṇa. The limbs nourished by a brāhmaṇa’s wealth, repeatedly waste away as the heat wastes away due to sand.

45-49a. A man who snatches the wealth of a brāhmaṇa goes to (the) Raurava (hell). Poison is not called poison; (but) a brāhmaṇa’s wealth is called poison. Poison kills one(only), (but snatching) a brāhmaṇa’s wealth kills one’s sons and grandsons. A man may digest iron-powder, or stone-powder, or (even) poison. But which man will digest a brāhmaṇa’s wealth in the three worlds? That wealth which through (snatching of) a brāhmaṇa’s wealth gives happiness or which through (snatching away) the wealth belonging to (the temple of) a deity gives joy, leads to the destruction of the family and to that of oneself. A brāhmaṇa’s wealth, the murder of a brāhmaṇa, the wealth of a poor man, the gold of the preceptor or friend would trouble a man even while (he is) living in heaven.

49b-53a. O best god, that (wealth) which is given to a brāhmaṇa who is contented, who is modest, who is accompanied by the essence of everything, who is endowed with Vedic studies, penance, knowledge and control of senses, is inexhaustible. As milk, curd, ghee or honey put in an unbaked pot splits due to the weakness of the pot, but the pot does not perish, similarly, an ignorant man who receives a cow, gold, a garment, food, land and sesamum-seeds, becomes reduced to ash like wood.

53b-6la. He who would construct a new lake or would get an old one dug up, emancipates his entire family and is honoured in heaven. Wells, tanks, lakes or (trees etc.) growing in gardens, if improved again, give a pearl-like fruit. O Indra, he who has water (to give to others) in (even) the summer season, would never meet with a difficulty, a danger or an evil. O best god, water remaining on the earth (even) for a day, would emancipate seven members preceding (and succeeding) him. The man (offering a lamp) would be of a strong body by means of the light of the lamp. By giving presents he obtains memory and intelligence. He who, even after having done a sinful act, would give to a deserving person, especially a brāhmaṇa. is not smeared with sins. He who does not report when (a piece of) land, cows. or a servant are forcibly snatched is called the killer of a brāhmaṇa. He who, when a marriage is about to take place, or at the time of a sacrifice or gift, creates obstacle through delusion, becomes an insect after death.

61b-71. Wealth becomes fruitful by giving (a portion of it); life becomes fruitful by saving (another) life. Harmlessness gets (as) its fruit handsomeness, prosperity and good health. A man gets (the fruit of) worship by eating fruits and roots. Heaven is obtained through truthfulness. Due to fasting oneself unto death one gets kingdom and obtains happiness everywhere. O Indra, an embodied one who roams about as a religious mendicant, who goes on well while in initiation, who bathes thrice a day, drinks (i.e. inhales) air (only) obtains the (fruit of a) sacrifice. He should bathe every day, be diligent and be endowed with the sandhyā (prayer), Vedas and muttering. The harmless one goes to splendour, the indestructible heaven. One who enters fire is certainly honoured in Brahmā’s world. By giving up tastes he obtains beasts and sons. He who fasts, lives in heaven for a long time. He who always sleeps on the (bare) ground, obtains desired position. He who takes up the posture of the brave, who sleeps like a brave man and occupies the position of a brave man has all inexhaustible worlds reached according to his desire. O Indra, having observed a fast, taken initiation and having bathed for twelve years he goes above the position of the brave. He practises purifying righteousness and is honoured in heaven.” Of the men who read (this) view of Bṛhaspati, four things grow: life, knowledge, glory and power.

Nārada said :

O king, all the sacred rules told by Bṛhaspati to Indra were told by great god ( Maheśa ) to me, his devotee.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 14686, revision 336355 (2022-04-21T09:15:18Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365609.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.