Garuda Purana · Chapter 2.29
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīyāṃśe dharmakāṇḍe pretakalpe śrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde aurdhvadahikakarmakālakriyamāṇanānādānādiphalapraśranirūpaṇaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 29
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca /
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā bhadra mānuṣāṇāṃ hitāya vai /
śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā sarvamevaurdhvadaihikam
kamyagvibhedarahitaṃ śrutismṛtisamuddhṛtam /
yanna dṛṣṭaṃ suraiḥ sendrairyogibhiryogacintakaiḥ
guhyādguhyataraṃ vatsa nākhyātaṃ kasyacitkvacit /
bhaktastvaṃ hi mahābhāga sarvaṃ te kathayāmyaham
aputrasya gatirnāsti svargo naiva ca naiva ca /
yena kenāpyupāyena kāryaṃ janma sutasya ca
tārayennarakātputro yadi mokṣo na vidyate /
dāhaḥ putreṇa kartavyo deyaḥ pautreṇa pāvakaḥ
tilairdarbhaiśca bhūmyāṃ vai kuṭī dhātumatī bhavet /
pañcaratnāni vaktre tu yena jīvaḥ prarohati
lipyāttu gomayairbhūmiṃ tilāndarbhāṃśca niḥ kṣipet /
tasyāmevāturo muktaḥ sarvaṃ dahati pātakam
darbhamūlīnayetsvargaṃ saṃsthitaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ /
darbhāṃstatra hi ye bhūmyāṃ tilayuktāna saṃśayaḥ
sarvatra vasudhā pūtā yatra lepo na vidyate /
yatra lepaḥ sthitastatra punarlepena śudhyati
yātudhānāḥ piśācāśca rākṣasāḥ krūrakarmiṇaḥ /
alipte āturaṃ muktaṃ viśantyete na saṃśayaḥ
nityahomaṃ tathā śrāddhaṃ viprāṇāṃ pādaśodhanam /
maṇḍalena vinā bhūmyāṃ kurvantyetacca niṣphalam
āturo mucyate naiva maṇḍalena vinā bhuvi /
brahmā rudraśca viṣṇuśca śrīrhutāśana eva ca /
maṇḍale copatiṣṭhantastasmātkurvīta maṇḍalam
anyathā mriyate yastu bālo vṛddho yuvāpi vā /
yonyantaraṃ sa vai gacchetkrīḍate vāyunā saha
miśritaṃ lohatāmraṃ tu tathaiva janma jāyate /
tasmaivaṃ vāyubhūtasya na śrāddhaṃ nodaka kriyā
mama svedasamudbhūtāstilāstārkṣya pavitrakāḥ /
asurā dānavā daityāstṛpyanti tiladānataḥ
tilāḥ śvetāstilāḥ kṛṣṇāstilā gomūtrasannibhāḥ /
te me dahantu pāṣāni śarīreṇa kṛtāni ca
eka eva tiladroṇo hemadroṇatilaiḥ samaḥ /
tarpaṇe dānahome ca datto bhavati cākṣayaḥ
darbhā mallomasambhūtāstilāḥ svedasamudbhavāḥ /
tṛptāḥ syurdevatā dānaiḥ śrāddhena pitarastathā /
prayogavidhinā brahmā viśvañcāpyupajīvanāt
savyayajñopavītena brahmādyāstṛptimānpuyuḥ /
apasavyena tṛpyanti pitaro dividevatāḥ
apasavyādito brahmā darbhamadhye tu keśavaḥ /
darbhāgre śaṅkaraṃ vidyāttrayo devāḥ kuśe sthitāḥ
viprā mantrāḥ kuśā vahnistulasī ca khageśvara /
naite nirmālyatāṃ yānti kriyamāṇāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
kuśāḥ piṇḍeṣu nirmālyāḥ brāhmaṇāḥ pretabhojane /
mantrāḥ śūdreṣu patitāścitāyāśca hutāśanaḥ
tulasī brāhmaṇā gāvo viṣṇurekādaśī khaga /
pañca pravahaṇānyeva bhavābdhau majjatāṃ satām
viṣṇurekādaśī gītā tulasīvipradhenavaḥ /
apāre durgasaṃkāre ṣaṭpadī muktidāyinī
tilāḥ pavitrāstrividhā darbhāśca tulasīdālam /
nivārayanti caitāni durgatiṃ yāntamāturam
hastābhyāmuddhṛtairdarbhaistoyena prokṣayedbhuvam /
mṛtyukāle kṣipeddarbhānāturasya karadvaye
darbheṣu kṣipyate yo 'sau dabhastu pariveṣṭitaḥ /
viṣṇulokaṃ sa vai yāti mantrahīno 'pi mānavaḥ
darbhamūlīgato bhūmau darbhapāṇistu yo mṛtaḥ /
prāyaścittaviśuddho 'sau saṃsārepārasāgare
gomayenopalipte tu darbhasyāstaraṇe sthitaḥ /
tatra dattena dānena sarvaṃ pāpaṃ vyapohati
lavaṇaṃ tadrasaṃ divyaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām /
yasmādannarasāḥ sarve notkaṭā lavaṇaṃ vinā
pitṝṇāṃ ca priyaṃ bhavyaṃ tasmātsvargapradaṃ bhavet /
viṣṇudehasamudbhūto yato 'yaṃ lavaṇo rasaḥ
viśeṣāllavaṇaṃ dānaṃ tena śaṃsanti yoginaḥ /
brāhmaṇa kṣattriyaviśāṃ strīṇāṃ śūdrajanasya ca
āturāṇāṃ yadā prāṇāḥ prayānti vasudhātale /
lavaṇaṃ tu tadā deyaṃ dbārasyoddhāṭanaṃ divaḥ
Original text: Garuḍapurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press (or a reprint thereof) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0