Padma Purana · Chapter 3.57

vyāsa uvāca-
athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi dānadharmmamanuttamam /
brahmaṇābhihitaṃ pūrvamṛṣīṇāṃ brahmavādinām

arthānāmucitaṃ pātre śraddhayā pratipādanam /
dānamityabhinirdiṣṭaṃ bhuktimuktiphalapradam

yo dadāti viśiṣṭebhyaḥ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ /
tadvai dattamahaṃ manye śeṣaṃ kasyāpi rakṣati

nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ trividhaṃ dānamucyate /
caturthaṃ vimalaṃ proktaṃ sarvadānottamottamam

ahanyahani yatkiṃciddīyate nupakāriṇe /
anuddiśyaphalaṃ tasmādbrāhmaṇāya tu nityakam

yattu pāpopaśāṃtyarthaṃ dīyate viduṣāṃ kare /
naimittikaṃ taduddiṣṭaṃ dānaṃ sadbhiranuttamam

apatyavijayaiśvarya sukhārthaṃ yatpradīyate /
dānaṃ tatkāmyamākhyātamṛṣibhirdharmaciṃtakaiḥ

yadīśvarasya prītyarthaṃ brahmavitsu pradīyate /
cetasā dharmayuktena dānaṃ tadvimalaṃ śivam

dānadharmaṃ niṣeveta pātramāsādya śaktitaḥ /
upāsyate tu tatpātraṃ yattārayati sarvataḥ

kuṭuṃbabhuktivasanāddeyaṃ yadatiricyate /
anyathā dīyate yadvai na taddānaṃ phalapradam

śrotriyāya kulīnāya vinītāya tapasvine /
vratasthāya daridrāya pradeyaṃ bhaktipūrvakam

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

ikṣubhiḥ saṃyutāṃ bhūmiṃ yavagodhūmaśālinīm /
dadāti vedaviduṣe yaḥ sa bhūyo na jāyate

gocarmamātrāmapi vā yo bhūmiṃ saṃprayacchati /
brāhmaṇāya daridrāya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

bhūmidānātparaṃ dānaṃ vidyate neha kiṃcana /
annadānaṃ tena tulyaṃ vidyādānaṃ tatodhikam

yo brāhmaṇāya śāṃtāya śucaye dharmaśīline /
dadāti vidyāṃ vidhinā brahmaloke mahīyate

dadyādaharahaḥ svarṇaṃ śraddhayā brahmacāriṇe /
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaṇaḥ sthānamāpnuyāt

gṛhasthāyānnadānena phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ /
annamevāsya dātavyaṃ datvāpnoti parāṃ gatim

vaiśākhyāṃ pūrṇamāsyāṃ tu brāhmaṇānsapta paṃca vā /
upoṣya vidhinā śāṃtaḥ śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ

pūjayitvā tilaiḥ kṛṣṇairmadhunā ca viśeṣataḥ /
prīyatāṃ dharmarājeti yadā manasi varttate

yāvajjīvaṃ tu yatpāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati /
kṛṣṇājine tilānkṛtvā hiraṇyaṃ madhusarpiṣī

dadāti yastu viprāya sarvaṃ tarati duṣkṛtam /
ghṛtānnamudakuṃbhaṃ ca vaiśākhyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ

nirddiśya dharmarājāya viprebhyo mucyate bhayāt /
suvarṇatilayuktaistu brāhmaṇānsapta paṃca vā

tarpayedudapātraistu brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati /
māghamāse tamisre tu dvādaśyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ

śuklāṃbaradharaḥ kṛṣṇaistilairhutvā hutāśanam /
pradadyādbrāhmaṇebhyastu tilāneva samāhitaḥ

janmaprabhṛti yatpāpaṃ sarvaṃ tarati vai dvijaḥ /
amāvāsyāmanuprāpya brāhmaṇāya tapasvine

yatkiṃciddevadeveśaṃ dadyāccoddiśya keśavam /
prīyatāmīśvaro viṣṇurhṛṣīkeśaḥ sanātanaḥ

saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati /
yastu kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ snātvā devaṃ pinākinam

ārādhayeddvijamukhena tasyāsti punarbhavaḥ /
kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣeṇa dhārmikāya dvijātaye

snātvābhyarcya yathānyāyaṃ pādaprakṣālanādibhiḥ /
prīyatāṃ me mahādevo dadyāddravyaṃ svakīyakam

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim /
dvijaiḥ kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣataḥ

amāvāsyāṃ tathā bhaktaiḥ pūjanīyastrivikramaḥ /
ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro dvādaśyāṃ puruṣottamam

arcayedbrāhmaṇamukhe sa gacchetparamaṃ padam /
eṣā tithirvaiṣṇavī syāddvādaśī śuklapakṣataḥ

tasyāmārādhayeddevaṃ prayatnena janārdanam /
yatkiṃciddevamīśānamuddiśya brāhmaṇe śucau

dīyate viṣṇumevāpi tadanaṃtaphalaṃ smṛtam /
yo hi yāṃ devatāmicchetsamārādhayituṃ naraḥ

brāhmaṇānpūjayedyatnātsa tasyāstoṣayettataḥ /
dvijānāṃ vapurāsthāya nityaṃ tiṣṭhaṃti devatāḥ

pūjyaṃte brāhmaṇā lābhe pratimādiṣu taiḥ kvacit /
pratimādiṣu yatnena tasmātphalamabhīpsatā

dvijeṣu devatā nityaṃ pūjanīyā viśeṣataḥ /
vibhūtikāmaḥ satataṃ pūjayeddhi puraṃdaram

brahmavarcasakāmastu brahmāṇaṃ jñānakāmukaḥ /
ārogyakāmotha raviṃ dhanakāmo hutāśanam

karmmaṇāṃ siddhikāmastu pūjayedvai vināyakam /
bhogakāmastu śaśinaṃ balakāmaḥ samīraṇam

mumukṣuḥ sarvasaṃsārātprayatnenārcayeddharim /
yastu yogaṃ tathā mokṣamanvicche'jjñānamaiśvaram

arcayeta virūpākṣaṃ prayatnena sureśvaram /
ye vāṃcchaṃti mahābhogānjñānāni ca maheśvaram

te pūjayaṃti bhūteśaṃ keśavaṃ cāpi bhoginaḥ /
vāridastṛptimāpnoti jaladānaṃ tatodhikam

tailapradaḥ prajāmiṣṭāṃ dīpadaścakṣuruttamam /
bhūmidaḥ sarvamāpnoti dīrghamāyurhiraṇyadaḥ

gṛhadātāgryaveśmāni rūpyado rūpamuttamam /
vāsodaścaṃdrasālokyamaśvado yānamuttamam

annadātā śriyaṃ sveṣṭāṃ godo brāhmaṇaviṣṭapam /
yānaśayyāprado bhāryyāmaiśvaryamabhayapradaḥ

dhānyadaḥ śāśvataṃ saukhyaṃ brahmado brahmaśāśvatam /
dhānyānyapi yathāśakti vipreṣu pratipādayet

vedavidyāviśiṣṭeṣu pretya svargaṃ samaśnute /
gavāṃ cānnapradānena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

iṃdhanānāṃ pradānena dīptāgnirjāyate naraḥ /
phalamūlāni pānāni śākāni vividhāni ca

pradadyādbrāhmaṇebhyastu mudāyuktaḥ sadā bhavet /
auṣadhaṃ snehamāhāraṃ rogiṇo rogaśāṃtaye

dadāno rogarahitaḥ sukhī dīrghāyureva ca /
asipatravanaṃ mārgaṃ kṣuradhārāsamanvitam

tīkṣṇatāpaṃ ca tarati chatropānatprado naraḥ /
yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yaccāsyāpekṣitaṃ gṛhe

tattadguṇavate deyaṃ tadevākṣayamicchatā /
ayane viṣuve caiva grahaṇe caṃdrasūryayoḥ

saṃkrāṃtyādiṣu kāleṣu dattaṃ bhavati cākṣayam /
prayāgādiṣu tīrtheṣu puṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca

datvā cākṣayamāpnoti nadīprasravaṇeṣu ca /
dānadharmātparo dharmo bhūtānāṃ neha vidyate

tasmādviprāya dātavyaṃ śrotriyāya dvijātibhiḥ /
svargāya bhūtikāmena tathā pāpopaśāṃtaye

mumukṣuṇā tu dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyastathānvaham /
dīyamānaṃ tu yo mohādgoviprāgnisureṣu ca

nivārayatyadharmātmā tiryagyoniṃ vrajeta saḥ /
yastu dravyārjanaṃ kṛtvā nārcayedbrāhmaṇānsurān

sarvasvamapahṛtyainaṃ rājā rāṣṭrātpravāsayet /
yastu durbhikṣavelāyāmannādyaṃ na prayacchati

mriyamāṇeṣu vipreṣu brāhmaṇaḥ sa tu garhitaḥ /
na tasmātpratigṛhṇīyuḥ na vaseyuśca tena hi

ājñāyitvā svakādrāṣṭrādrājā taṃ vipravāsayet /
paścātsadbhyo dadātīha svadravyaṃ dharmasādhanam

sapūrvābhyadhikaḥ pāpī narake pacyate naraḥ /
svādhyāyavaṃto ye viprā vidyāvaṃto jiteṃdriyāḥ

satyasaṃyamasaṃyuktāstebhyo dadyāddvijottamāḥ /
prabhuktamapi vidvāṃsaṃ dhārmikaṃ bhojayeddvijam

na ca mūrkhamavṛttasthaṃ daśarātramupoṣitam /
sannikṛṣṭamatikramya śrotriyaṃ yaḥ prayacchati

sa tena karmaṇā pāpī dahatyāsaptamaṃ kulam /
yadi syādadhiko vipraḥ śīlavidyādibhiḥ svayam

tasmai yatnena dātavyamatikramya ca sannidhim /
yorcitaṃ pratigṛhṇīyāddadyādarcitameva ca

tāvubhau gacchataḥ svargaṃ narakaṃ tu viparyaye /
na vāryapi prayaccheta nāstike haitukepi ca

na pākhaṃḍeṣu sarveṣu nāvedavididharmavit /
rūpyaṃ caiva hiraṇyaṃ ca gāmaśvaṃ pṛthivīṃ tilān

avidvānpratigṛhṇīyādbhasmī bhavati kāṣṭhavat /
dvijātibhyo dhanaṃ lipsetpraśastebhyo dvijotamaḥ

api rājanyavaiśyābhyāṃ na tu śūdrātkathaṃcana /
vṛttisaṃkocamanvicchenneheta dhanavistaram

dhanalobhe prasaktastu brāhmaṇyādeva hīyate /
vedānadhītya sakalānyajñāṃścāvāpya sarvaśaḥ

na tāṃ gatimavāpnoti saṃtoṣādyāmavāpnuyāt /
pratigraharucirna syācchūdrānna tu samāharet

sthityarthādadhikaṃ gṛhṇanbrāhmaṇo yātyadhogatim /
yastu yāti na saṃtoṣaṃ na sa svargasya bhājanam

udvejayati bhūtāni yathā caurastathaiva saḥ /
guruṃ bhṛtyāṃścojjihīrṣustarpayandevatātithīn

sarvataḥ pratigṛhṇīyānna tu tṛpyetsvayaṃ tataḥ /
evaṃ gṛhastho yuktātmā devatātithipūjakaḥ

vartamānaḥ saṃyatātmā yāti tatparamaṃ padam /
putreṣu bhāryāṃ nikṣipya gatvāraṇyaṃ tu tattvavit

ekākī vicarennityamudāsīnaḥ samāhitaḥ /
eṣa vaḥ kathito dharmmo gṛhasthānāṃ dvijottamāḥ /
jñātvā tu tiṣṭhenniyataṃ tathānuṣṭhāpayeddvijān

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

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe gṛhasthadharmanirṇayo nāma saptapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ