Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.16

iti śrī brahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde śrāddhakalpe brāhmaṇaparīkṣā nāma pañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ // 15//
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ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi dānāni ca phalāni ca /
tāraṇaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ svargamārgasukhāvaham

loke śreṣṭhatam sarvamātmanaścaiva yatpriyam /
sarvaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dātavyaṃ teṣāmevājñayārthinā

jāṃbūnadamayaṃ divyaṃ vimānaṃ sūryasannibham /
divyāpsarobhiḥ saṃpūrṇamannado labhate 'kṣayam

savyañjanaṃ tu yo dadyādahataṃ śrāddhakarmaṇi /
āyuḥ prākāśyamaiśvaryaṃ rūpaṃ ca labhate śubham

yajñopavītaṃ yo dadyācchrāddhakāle tu yajñavit /
pāvanaṃ sarva viprāṇāṃ brahmadānasya tatphalam

plutaṃ vipreṣu yo dadyācchrāddhakāle kamaḍalum /
madhukṣīrājyadadhibhirdātāramupatiṣṭhate

cakrāviddhaṃ ca yo dadyācchrāddhakāle kamaṇḍalum /
dhenuṃ salabhate divyāṃ payodāṃ sukhado hinīm

tūlapūrṇe ca yo dadyātpāduke śrāddhakarmaṇi /
śobhanaṃ labhate yānaṃ pādayoḥ sukhamedhate

vyacanaṃ tālavṛntaṃ ca dattvā viprāya satkṛtam /
prāpnuyātsarvapuṣpāṇi sugandhīni mṛdūni ca

śrāddhe hyupānahau dattvā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sadā budhaḥ /
divyaṃ sa labhate yānaṃ vājiyuktaṃ navaṃ tathā

śrāddhe chatraṃ tu yo dadyātpuṣpamālānvitaṃ tathā /
prāsādo hyuttamo bhūtvā gacchantamanugacchati

śaraṇaṃ ratnasaṃpūrṇaṃ saśayyābhojanaṃ budhaḥ /
śrāddhe dattvā yatibhyastu nākapṛṣṭhe mahīyate

suktāvaidūryavāsāṃsi ratnāni vividhāni ca /
vāhanāni ca divyāni prayutānyarbudāni ca

sumahadvyomagaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvakāmasamanvitam /
candrasūryanibhaṃ divyaṃ vimānaṃ labhate 'kṣayam

apsarobhiḥ parivṛtaṃ kāmagaṃ sumanojavam /
vasetsa tu vimānāgre stūyamānaḥ samantataḥ

divyaiḥpuṣpaiścitaścāhurdānānāṃ paramaṃ budhāḥ /
suślakṣmāni suvarṇāni śrāddhe pātrāṇi dāpayet

rasāstamupatiṣṭhanti bhakṣyaṃ saubhāgyameva ca /
tilānikṣūṃstathā śrāddhe dvijebhyaḥ saṃprayacchati

mitrāṇi labhate loke strīṣu saubhāgyameva ca /
yaḥ pātraṃ taijasaṃ dadyānmanojña śrāddhabhojanaiḥ

pātraṃ bhavati kāmānā rūpasya ca dhanasya ca /
rājataṃ kāñcanaṃ vāpi yo dadyācchrāddhakarmaṇi

dānāttu labhate kāmānprākāśyaṃ dhanameva ca /
dhenuṃ śrāddhe tu yo dadyādgṛṣṭiṃ kumbhāpadohanīm

gāvastamupatiṣṭhanti naraṃ puṣṭistathaiva ca /
dadyādyaḥ śiśire cāgniṃ bahukāṣṭhaṃ prayatnataḥ

kāyāgnidīptiṃ prākāśyaṃ saubhāgyaṃ tabhate naraḥ /
indhanāni tu yo dadyā ddvijebhyaḥ śiśirāgame

nityaṃ jayati saṃgrāme śriyā juṣṭastu jāyate /
surabhīṇi ca mālyāni gandhavanti tathaiva ca

pūjayitvā tu pātrebhyaḥ śrāddhe satkṛtya dāpayet /
gandhamālyaṃ mahātmānaṃ sukhāni vividhāni ca

dātāramupatiṣṭhanti yuvatyaśca pativratāḥ /
śayanāsanayānāni bhūmayo vāhanāni ca

śrāddheṣvetāni yo dadyādaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet /
śrāddhakāle guṇavati vipre vai samupasthite

iṣṭadravyaṃ ca yo dadyātsmṛtiṃ medhāṃ ca vindati /
sarpiḥpūrṇāni pātrāṇi śrāddhe satkṛtya dāpayet

kumbhopadohagṛṣṭīnāṃ bahvīnāṃ phalamaśnute /
śrāddhe yathepsitaṃ dattvā puṇḍarīkaphalaṃ labhet

vanaṃ puṣpaphalopetaṃ dattvā gosavamaśnute /
kūpārāmataḍāgāni kṣetragoṣṭhagṛhāṇi ca

dattvā modanti te svarge nityamācandratārakam /
svāstīrṇaṃ śayanaṃ dattvā śrāddheratnavibhūṣitam

pitarastasya tuṣyanti svargalokaṃ samaśanute /
asmiṃlloke ca saṃpannaṃ syandanaṃ ca suvāhanaiḥ

aṣṭābhiḥ pūjyate cātra dhanadhānyaiśca varddhate /
parṇakauśeyapaṭṭorṇe tathā prāvārakaṃbalau

ajinaṃ kāñcanaṃ paṭṭaṃ praveṇīṃ mṛgalomakam /
dadyādetāni viprāṇāṃ bhojayitvā yathāvidhi

prāpnoti śraddhadhānastu vājapeyaphalaṃ naraḥ /
bahubhāryāḥ surūpāśca putrā bhṛtyāśca kiṅkarāḥ

vaśe tiṣṭhanti bhūtāni loke cāsminnirāmayam /
kauśeyaṃ kṣaumakārpāsaṃ dukūlaṃ gahanaṃ tathā

śrāddhe caitāni yo dadyātkāmānāpnotyanuttamān /
alakṣmīṃ nāśayantyete tamaḥ sūryodayo yathā

bhrājate ya vimānāgre nakṣatreṣviva candramāḥ /
vāso hi sarvadaivatye sarvadevairabhiṣṭutam

vastrābhāve kriyā nāsti ya5dānatapāṃsi ca /
tasmādvastrāṇi deyāni śrāddhakāle tu nityaśaḥ

tāni sarvāṇyavāpnoti śrāddhe dattvā tu mānavaḥ /
nityaśrāddhe tu yo dadyātprayatastatparāyaṇaḥ

sarvakāmānavāpnoti rājyaṃ svage tathava ca /
sarvakāmasamṛddhasya yajñasya phalamaśnute

bhakṣyajātaṃ tu sukṛtaṃ svastikādyaṃ saśarkaram /
kṛsara madhusarpiśca payaḥ pāyasameva ca

snigdhaprāyāśca yo dadyādagniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet /
dadhigavyamasaṃsṛṣṭaṃ bhakṣyānnānāvidhāṃstathā

dattvā na śocate śrāddhe varṣāsu ca maghāsu ca /
ghṛtena bhojayedviprānghṛtaṃ bhūmau samutsṛjot

chāyāyāṃ hastinaścaiva dattvā śrāddhena śocate /
odanaṃ pāyasaṃ sarpirmadhumūlaphalāni ca

bhakṣyāṃśca vividhāndattvā paratreha ca modate /
śarkarākṣīrasaṃyuktāḥ pṛthukā nityamakṣayāḥ

syāttu saṃvatsaraṃ prītiḥ śākairmāṃsarasena ca /
saktulājāstathāpūpāḥ kulmāṣā vyañjanaiḥ saha

sarpiḥsnigdhāni sarvāṇi dadhnā saṃskṛtya bhojayet /
śrāddheṣvetāni yo dadyātpadmaṃ sa labhate nidhim

navasasyāniyo dadyācchrāddhe satkṛtya yatnataḥ /
sarvabhogānavāpnoti pūjyate ca divaṃ gataḥ

bhakṣyabhojyāni peyāni coṣyaleṅyavarāṇi ca /
bhojanāgrāsanaṃ dattvā atithibhyaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ

sarvayajñakratūnāṃ hi phalaṃ prāpnotyanuttamam /
kṣipramatyuṣṇamakliṣṭaṃ dadyādannaṃ bubhukṣate

savyañjanaṃ tathā snigdhaṃ bhaktyā satkṛtya yatnataḥ /
taruṇādityasaṃkāśaṃ vimānaṃ haṃsavāhanam

annado labhate nityaṃ kanyākoṭīstathaiva ca /
annadānātparaṃ dānaṃ nānyatkiñcittu vidyate

annādbhūtāni jāyante jīvanti prabhavanti ca /
jīvadānātparaṃ dānaṃ nānyatkiñcana vidyate

annāllokāḥ pratiṣṭhanti lokadānasya tatphalam /
annaṃ prajāpatiḥ sākṣātte na sarvamidaṃ tatam

tasmādannasamaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati /
yāni ratnāni medinyāṃ vāhanāni striyastathā

kṣipraṃ prāpnoti tatsarvaṃ pitṛbhaktastu yo naraḥ /
pratiśrayaṃ ca yo dadyādatithibyaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ

devāstaṃ saṃpratīcchanti divyātithyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ /
sarvāṇyetāni yo dadyātpṛthivyāmekarāḍbhavet

tribhirdvābhyāmathaikena dānena tu sukhī bhadet /
dānāni paramo dharmaḥ sadbhiḥ satkṛtya pūjitaḥ

trailokyasyā dhipatyaṃ hi dānenaiva dhruvaṃ sthitam /
arājā labhate rājyamadhanaścottamaṃ dhanam /
kṣīṇāyurlabhate cāyuḥ pitṛbhaktaḥ sadā naraḥ