Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.26

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge pañcaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
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athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi dānadharmamanuttamam /
brahmaṇābhihitaṃ pūrvamṛṣīṇāṃ brahmavādinām

arthānāmudite pātre śraddhayā pratipādanam /
dānamityabhinirdiṣṭaṃ bhuktimuktiphalapradam

yad dadāti viśiṣṭebhyaḥ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ /
tad vai vittamahaṃ manye śeṣaṃ kasyāpi rakṣati

nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ trividhaṃ dānamucyate /
caturthaṃ vimalaṃ proktaṃ sarvadānottamottamam

ahanyahani yat kiñcid dīyate 'nupakāriṇe /
anuddiśya phalaṃ tasmād brāhmaṇāya tu nityakam

yat tu pāpopaśāntyarthaṃ dīyate viduṣāṃ kare /
naimittikaṃ taduddiṣṭaṃ dānaṃ sadbhiranuṣṭhitam

apatyavijayaiśvaryasvargārthaṃ yat pradīyate /
dānaṃ tat kāmyamākhyātamṛṣibhirdharmacintakaiḥ

yadīśvaraprīṇanārthaṃ brahmavitsu pradīyate /
cetasā dharmayuktena dānaṃ tad vimalaṃ śivam

dānadharmaṃ niṣeveta pātramāsādya śaktitaḥ /
utpatsyate hi tatpātraṃ yat tārayati sarvataḥ

kuṭumbabhaktavasanād deyaṃ yadatiricyate /
anyathā dīyate yaddhi na tad dānaṃ phalapradam

śrotriyāya kulīnāya vinītāya tapasvine /
vṛttasthāya daridrāya pradeyaṃ bhaktipūrvakam

yastu dadyānmahīṃ bhaktyā brāhmaṇāyāhitāgnaye /
sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati

ikṣubhiḥ saṃtatāṃ bhumiṃ yavagodhūmaśalinīm /
dadāti vedaviduṣe yaḥ sa bhūyo na jāyate

gocarmamātrāmapi vā yo bhūmiṃ saṃprayacchati /
brāhmaṇāya daridrāya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

bhūmidānāt paraṃ dānaṃ vidyate neha kiñcana /
annadānaṃ tena tulyaṃ vidyādānaṃ tato 'dhikam

yo brāhmaṇāya śāntāya śucaye dharmaśāline /
dadāti vidyāṃ vidhinā brahmaloke mahīyate

dadyādaharahastvannaṃ śraddhayā brahmacāriṇe /
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaṇaḥ sthānamāpnuyāt

gṛhasthāyānnadānena phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ /
āmamevāsya dātavyaṃ dattvāpnoti parāṃ gatim

vaiśākhyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ tu brāhmaṇān sapta pañca vā /
upoṣya vidhinā śāntaḥ śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ

pūjayitvā tilaiḥ kṛṣṇairmadhunā na viśeṣataḥ /
gandhādibhiḥ samabhyarcya vācayed vā svyaṃ vadet

prīyatāṃ dharmarājeti yad vā manasi vartate /
yāvajjīvakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati

kṛṣṇājine tilān kṛttvā hiraṇyaṃ madhusarpiṣī /
dadāti yastu viprāya sarvaṃ tarati duṣkṛtam

kṛtānnamudakumbhaṃ ca vaiśākhyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ /
nirdiśya dharmarājāya viprebhyo mucyate bhayāt

suvarṇatilayuktaistu brāhmaṇān sapta pañca vā /
tarpayedudapātraistu brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati

māghamāse tu viprastu dvādaśyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ /
śuklāmvaradharaḥ kṛṣṇaistilairhutvā hutāśanam

pradadyād brāhmaṇebhyastu tilāneva samāhitaḥ /
janmaprabhṛti yatpāpaṃ sarvaṃ tarati vai dvijaḥ

amāvasyāmanuprāpya brāhmaṇāya tapasvine /
yatkicid devadeveśaṃ dadyāccoddiśya śaṅkaram

prīyatāmīśvaraḥ somo mahādevaḥ sanātanaḥ /
saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati

yastu kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ snātvā devaṃ pinākinam /
ārādhayed dvijamukhe na tasyāsti punarbhavaḥ

kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣeṇa dhārmikāya dvijātaye /
snātvābhyarcya yathānyāyaṃ pādaprakṣālanādibhiḥ

prīyatāṃ me mahādevo dadyād dravyaṃ svakīyakam /
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim

dvijaiḥ kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣataḥ /
amāvāsyāyāṃ bhaktaistu pūjanīyastrilocanaḥ

ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro dvādaśyāṃ puruṣottamam /
arcayed bāhmaṇamukhe sa gacchet paramaṃ padam

eṣā tithirvaiṣṇavīṃ syād dvādaśī śuklapakṣake /
tasyāmārādhayed devaṃ prayatnena janārdanam

yatkiñcid devamīśānamuddiśya brāhmaṇe śucau /
dīyate viṣṇave vāpi tadanantaphalapradam

yo hi yāṃ devatāmicchet samārādhayituṃ naraḥ /
brāhmaṇān pūjayed yatnāt satasyāṃ toṣayet tataḥ

dvijānāṃ vapurāsthāya nityaṃ tiṣṭhanti devatāḥ /
pūjyante brāhmaṇālābhe pratimādiṣvapi kvacit

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena tat tat phalamabhīpsatā /
dvijeṣu devatā nityaṃ pūjanīyā viśeṣataḥ

vibhūtikāmaḥ satataṃ pūjayed vai purandaram /
brahmavarcasakāmastu brahmāṇaṃ brahmakāmukaḥ

ārogyakāmo 'tha raviṃ dhanakāmo hutāśanam /
karmaṇāṃ siddhikāmastu pūjayed vai vināyakam

bhogakāmastu śaśinaṃ balakāmaḥ samīraṇam /
mumukṣuḥ sarvasaṃsārāt prayatnenārcayeddharim

yastu yogaṃ tathā mokṣamanvicchejjñānamaiśvaram /
sor'cayed vai virūpākṣaṃ prayatneneśvareśvaram

ye vāñchanti mahāyogān jñānāni ca maheśvaram /
te pūjayanti bhūteśaṃ keśavaṃ cāpi bhoginaḥ

vāridastṛptimāpnoti sukhamakṣayyamannadaḥ /
tilapradaḥ prajāmiṣṭāṃ dīpadaścakṣuruttamam

bhūmidaḥ sarvamāpnoti dīrghamāyurhiraṇyadaḥ /
gṛhado 'gryāṇi veśmāni rūpyado rūpamuttamam

vāsodaścandrasālokyamaśvisālokyamaśvadaḥ /
anaḍudaḥ śriyaṃ puṣṭāṃ godo vradhnasya viṣṭapam

yānaśayyāprado bhāryāmaiśvaryamabhayapradaḥ /
dhānyadaḥ śāśvataṃ saukhyaṃ brahmado brahmasātmyatām

dhānyānyapi yathāśakti vipreṣu pratipādayet /
vedavitsu viśiṣṭeṣu pretya svargaṃ samaśnute

gavāṃ ghāsapradānena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /
indhanānāṃ pradānena dīptāgnirjāyate naraḥ

phalamūlāni śākāni bhojyāni vividhāni ca /
pradadyād brāhmaṇebhyastu mudā yuktaḥ sadā bhavet

auṣadhaṃ snehamāhāraṃ rogiṇe rogaśāntaye /
dadāno rogarahitaḥ sukhī dīrghāyureva ca

asipatravanaṃ mārgaṃ kṣuradhārāsamanvitam /
tīvritāpaṃ ca tarati chatropānatprado naraḥ

yad yadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yaccāpi dayitaṃ gṛhe /
tattad guṇavate deyaṃ tadevākṣyamicchatā

apane viṣuve caiva grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ /
saṃkrāntyādiṣu kāleṣu dattaṃ bhavati cākṣayam

prayāgādiṣu tīrtheṣu puṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca /
dattvā cākṣayamāpnoti nadīṣu ca vaneṣu ca

dānadharmāt paro dharmo bhūtānāṃ neha vidyate /
tasmād viprāya dātavyaṃ śrotriyāya dvijātibhiḥ

svagāyurbhūtikāmena tathā pāpopaśāntaye /
mumukṣuṇā ca dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyastathānvaham

dīyamānaṃ tu yo mohād goviprāgnisureṣu ca /
nivārayati pāpātmā tiryagyoniṃ vrajet tu saḥ

yastu dravyārjanaṃ kṛtvā nārcayed brāhmaṇān surān /
sarvasvamapahṛtyainaṃ rājā rāṣṭrāt pravāsayet

yastu durbhikṣavelāyāmannādyaṃ na prayacchati /
mriyamāṇeṣu vipreṣu brāhmaṇaḥ sa tu garhitaḥ

na tasmāt pratigṛhṇīyurna viśeyuśca tena hi /
aṅkayitvā svakād rāṣṭrāt taṃ rājā vipravāsayet

yastvasadbhyo dadātīha svadravyaṃ dharmasādhanam /
sa pūrvābhyadhikaḥ pāpī narake pacyate naraḥ

svādhyāyavanto ye viprā vidyāvanto jitendriyāḥ /
satyasaṃyamasaṃyuktāstebhyo dadyād dvijottamāḥ

subhuktamapi vidvāṃsaṃ dhārmikaṃ bhojayed dvijam /
na tu mūrkhamavṛttasthaṃ daśarātramupoṣitam

sannikṛṣṭamatikramya śrotriyaṃ yaḥ prayacchati /
sa tena karmaṇā pāpī dahatyāsaptamaṃ kulam

yadisyādadhiko vipraḥ śīlavidyādibhiḥ svayam /
tasmai yatnena dātavyaṃ atikramyāpi sannidhim

yo 'rcitaṃ pratigṛhṇīyād dadyādarcitameva ca /
tāvubhau gacchataḥ svargaṃ narakaṃ tu viparyaye

na vāryapi prayaccheta nāstike haituke 'pi ca /
pāṣaṇḍeṣu ca sarveṣu nāvedavidi dharmavit

apūpaṃ ca hiraṇyaṃ ca gāmaśvaṃ pṛthivīṃ tilān /
avidvān pratigṛhṇāno bhasmī bhavati kāṣṭhavat

dvijātibhyo dhanaṃ lipset praśastebhyo dvijottamaḥ /
api vā jātimātrebhyo na tu śūdrāt kathañcana

vṛttisaṅkocamanvicchenneheta dhanavistaram /
dhanalobhe prasaktastu brāhmaṇyādeva hīyate

vedānadhītya sakalān yajñāṃścāvāpya sarvaśaḥ /
na tāṃ gatimavāpnoti saṅkocād yāmavāpnuyāt

pratigraharucirna syāt yātrārthaṃ tu samāharet /
sthityarthādadhikaṃ gṛhṇan brāhmaṇo yātyadhogatim

yastu yācanako nityaṃ na sa svargasya bhājanam /
udvejayati bhūtāni yathā caurastathaiva saḥ

gurūn bhṛtyāṃścojjihīrṣurarciṣyan devatātithīn /
sarvataḥ pratigṛhṇīyānna tu tṛpyet svayaṃ tataḥ

evaṃ gṛhastho yuktātmā devatātithipūjakaḥ /
vartamānaḥ saṃyātātmā yāti tat paramaṃ padam

putre nidhāya vā sarvaṃ gatvāraṇyaṃ tu tattvavit /
ekākī vicarennityamudāsīnaḥ samāhitaḥ

eṣa vaḥ kathito dharmo gṛhasthānāṃ dvijottamāḥ /
jñātvānutiṣṭhenniyataṃ tathānuṣṭhāpayed dvijān

iti devamanādimekamīśaṃ
gṛhadharmeṇa samarcayedajastram /
samatītya sa sarvabhūtayoniṃ
prakṛtiṃ yāti paraṃ na yāti janma