Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 9.10
pṛthivyupākhyāne narakaphalaprāptivarṇanam
nārada uvāca
bhūmidānakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ pāpaṃ taddharaṇena ca /
parabhūharaṇātpāpaṃ parakūpe khanane tathā
ambuvācyāṃ bhūkhanane vīryasya tyāga eva ca /
dīpādisthāpanātpāpaṃ śrotumicchāmi yatnataḥ
anyadvā pṛthivījanyaṃ pāpaṃ yatpṛcchate param /
yadasti tatpratīkāraṃ vada vedavidāṃvara
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
vitastimātrabhūmiṃ ca yo dadāti ca bhārate /
sandhyāpūtāya viprāya sa yāti śivamandiram
bhūmiṃ ca sarvasasyāḍhyāṃ brāhmaṇāya dadāti ca /
bhūmireṇupramāṇābdamante viṣṇupade sthitiḥ
grāmaṃ bhūmiṃ ca dhānyaṃ ca brāhmaṇāya dadāti yaḥ /
sarvapāpādvinirmuktau cobhau devīpuraḥsthitau
bhūmidānaṃ ca tatkāle yaḥ sādhuścānumodate /
sa ca prayāti vaikuṇṭhe mitragotrasamanvitaḥ
svadattāṃ paradattāṃ vā brahmavṛttiṃ harettu yaḥ /
sa tiṣṭhati kālasūtre yāvaccandradivākarau
tatyutrapautraprabhṛtirbhūmihīnaḥ śriyā hataḥ /
putrahīno daridraśca ghoraṃ yāti ca rauravam
gavāṃ mārgaṃ viniṣkṛṣya yaśca sasyaṃ dadāti ca /
divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ caiva kumbhīpāke ca tiṣṭhati
goṣṭhaṃ taḍāgaṃ niṣkṛṣya mārge sasyaṃ dadāti yaḥ /
sa tiṣṭhatyasipatre ca yāvadindrāścaturdaśa
pañcapiṇḍānanuddhṛtya parakūpe ca snāti yaḥ /
prāpnoti narakaṃ caiva snānaṃ niṣphalameva ca
kāmī bhūmau ca rahasi vīryatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ /
bhūmireṇupramāṇaṃ ca varṣaṃ tiṣṭhati raurave
ambuvācyāṃ bhūkaraṇaṃ yaḥ karoti ca mānavaḥ /
sa yāti kṛmidaṃśaṃ ca sthitistatra caturyugam
parakīye luptakūpe kūpaṃ mūḍhaḥ karoti yaḥ /
puṣkariṇyāṃ ca luptāyāṃ puṣkariṇīṃ dadāti yaḥ
sarvaṃ phalaṃ parasyaiva taptakuṇḍaṃ vrajecca saḥ /
tatra tiṣṭhati santapto yāvadindrāścaturdaśa
parakīye taḍāge ca paṅkamuddhṛtya conmṛjet /
reṇupramāṇavarṣaṃ ca brahmaloke vasennaraḥ
piṇḍaṃ pitre bhūmibharturna pradāya ca mānavaḥ /
śrāddhaṃ karoti yo mūḍho narakaṃ yāti niścitam
bhūmau dīpaṃ yo'rpayati sa cāndhaḥ saptajanmasu /
bhūmau śaṅkhaṃ ca saṃsthāpya kuṣṭhaṃ janmāntare labhet
muktāṃ māṇikyahīrau ca suvarṇaṃ ca maṇiṃ tathā /
pañca saṃsthāpayedbhūmau sa cāndhaḥ saptajanmasu
śivaliṅgaṃ śivāmarcāṃ yaścārpayati bhūtale /
śatamanvantaraṃ yāvatkṛmibhakṣaḥ sa tiṣṭhati
śaṅkhaṃ yantraṃ śilātoyaṃ puṣpaṃ ca tulasīdalam /
yaścārpayati bhūmau ca sa tiṣṭhennarake dhruvam
japamālāṃ puṣpamālāṃ karpūraṃ rocanaṃ tathā /
yo mūḍhaścārpayedbhūmau sa yāti narakaṃ dhruvam
bhūmau candanakāṣṭhaṃ ca rudrākṣaṃ kuśamūlakam /
saṃsthāpya bhūmau narake vasenmanvantarāvadhi
pustakaṃ yajñasūtraṃ ca bhūmau saṃsthāpayennaraḥ /
na bhavedviprayonau ca tasya janmāntare janiḥ
brahmahatyāsamaṃ pāpamiha vai labhate dhruvam /
grandhiyuktaṃ yajñasūtraṃ pūjyaṃ ca sarvavarṇakaiḥ
yajñaṃ kṛtvā tu yo bhūmiṃ kṣīreṇa na hi siñcati /
sa yāti taptabhūmiṃ ca santaptaḥ saptajanmasu
bhūkampe grahaṇe yo hi karoti khananaṃ bhuvaḥ /
janmāntare mahāpāpo hyaṅgahīno bhaved dhruvam
bhavanaṃ yatra sarveṣāṃ bhūmistena prakīrtitā /
kāśyapī kaśyapasyeyamacalā sthirarūpataḥ
viśvambharā dhāraṇāccānantānantasvarūpataḥ /
pṛthivī pṛthukanyātvādvistṛtatvānmahāmune
iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ navamaskandhe
pṛthivyupākhyāne narakaphalaprāptivarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ
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