Padma Purana · Chapter 7.20

vyāsa uvāca-
viṣṇupūjāphalaṃ vipra saṃkṣepātkathitaṃ mayā /
idānīṃ vacmi dānāni niśāmaya samāhitaḥ

dānaṃ tapo dvayormadhye dānamekaṃ paraṃ smṛtam /
tapasā pāpamityuktaṃ na pāpo dānakarmaṇi

tapaḥ kṛtayuge śreṣṭhaṃ tretāyāṃ dhyānameva ca /
saparyā dvāpare śreṣṭhā dānaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kalau yuge

tasmātkaliyuge dānaṃ prītaye kamalāpateḥ /
kartavyaṃ satataṃ prājñairicchadbhiḥ paramaṃ padam

kalayā kalayā candra kalāṃ saṃvarddhate tathā /
dānasya sā gatiḥ proktā tapasaśca manīṣibhiḥ

palādapi dvijaśreṣṭha kartavyo vittasaṃgrahaḥ /
saṃcitaṃ tu dhanaṃ prājño dānakarmaṇi saṃkṣipet

dhane sthitopi yo martyo nāśnāti na dadāti yaḥ /
daridra saḥ ca vijñeyo dānabhogavivarjitaḥ

vittaṃ kena sahāyāti yāti tena tu ko dvija /
āyāti tatpurā dattamiha paṃcatvamāgate

datvā datvā sadā dānaṃ mānavā ye daridrati /
na te daridrā vijñeyāḥ paraloke maheśvarāḥ

dhanaṃ rakṣaṃti kārpaṇyādye te jñeyāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ /
aṃte tyaktvā ca tatsarvaṃ nirāśā yāṃti jaimine

paraloke dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ sādhusadbalavarjitaḥ /
nirddhane baṃdhuhīne ca nādattamupatiṣṭhate

stokaṃ stokaṃ ca viprendra bhaktiśraddhāsamanvitaḥ /
nityaṃ deyāni dānāni vaiṣṇavairnijabhaktitaḥ

sarveṣāmeva dānānāmannadānaṃ dvijottama /
jaladānaṃ ca tatvajñairatiśreṣṭhaṃ prakīrtitam

vinānnena na tiṣṭhaṃti prāṇā deheṣu dehinām /
annadaḥ prāṇado jñeyaḥ prāṇadaḥ sakalapradaḥ

tasmātsamastadānānāmannado labhate phalam /
annadānasamaṃ dānaṃ jaladānaṃ ca jaimine

vinā toyena nānnaṃ syādatastoyaṃ pradīyate /
kṣudhā tṛṣāpi viprendra dve tulye tu prakīrtite

tasmāddatvā ca toyaṃ ca śreṣṭhaṃ proktaṃ manīṣibhiḥ /
jīvanaṃ jīvanaṃ nṝṇāṃ jīvanaṃ na ca jīvanam

ato jīvanarakṣārthaṃ jīvanaṃ prājña utsṛjet /
annaṃ toyaṃ ca viprendra dattaṃ yena mahītale

tena sarvāṇi dānāni kṛtāni nātra saṃśayaḥ /
annadānasya māhātmyaṃ jaladānasya vai śṛṇu

babhūva hāstinapure kubera iva vittavān /
tasminneva pure veśyā babhūva surasuṃdarī

khyātā ratividagdheti sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā /
tatra kṣemaṃkarī nāma brāhmaṇī śreṣṭhavaṃśajā

samastaguṇasampannā vidhavāsīddvijātmajā /
sā brāhmaṇī dvijaśreṣṭha jārānuraktamānasā

niṣiddhaṃ karma kurvaṃtī tyaktvā yātyavivekatām /
tayā saṃnihitā vipra veśyāpi brāhmaṇī ca sā

cakāra sakhyaṃ snehena veśyāvṛttimupetya sā /
sā veśyā brāhmaṇī cāpi dve'pyekatra dine dine

pāpāni cakratuḥ prītyā asaṃkhyātāni jaimine /
tato ratividagdhā sā vṛddhabhāvamupāgatā

brāhmaṇī cāpi viprendra duḥśīlātyaṃtapāpinī /
kadācidvāramukhyā sā jaraṃtī tāṃ nijāṃ sakhīm

prāheti vismitā vipra vacanaṃ vinayānvitā /
ratividagdhovāca -
sakhi tvayā sahānekaṃ dāruṇaṃ pātakaṃ kṛtam

adyāpi pātake dṛṣṭirmahatī vartate mama /
saundaryaṃ ca balaṃ caiva sarvaṃ me jarayā hṛtam

itthamasvāsthyakṛnnityamāśāṃ tyaktuṃ na śakyate /
sthāvaraṃ sumahatprāptaṃ kṛtapātakayā mayā

samāgatamivaitarhi samīkṣya maraṇaṃ gatam /
upārjitena pāpena yāni vittāni vai mayā

rakṣiṣyaṃtyanapatyāyāṃ mṛtāyāṃ mayi tāni ke /
tasmātsarvāṇi vittāni anyāyopārjitāni ca

dātumicchāmi viprebhyo yadi tvaṃ manyase sakhi /
brāhmaṇyuvāca-
mayā yāvanti vittāni paśyeti saṃcitāni ca

asatpātreṣu dattāni tāni sarvāṇi nityaśaḥ /
tasmādahaṃ dhanairhīnā kiṃ dāsyāmi dvijātaye

asti cedyadi vittaṃ te dānamāśu tadā kuru /
tasyā evaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sā veśyātyaṃtaharṣitā

vittena sakalenaiva annadānaṃ cakāra ha /
hariśarmā ca viprendro dhanavānatibhaktitaḥ

pūjayāmāsa satataṃ bhagavaṃtaṃ janārdanam /
jitendriyo jitakrodho hiṃsādambhavivarjitaḥ

prītaye kamalābhartuḥ sa tepe sumahattapaḥ /
gaṃdhapuṣpaiśca balibhirghṛtadhūpaiḥ pradīpakaiḥ

pūjayāmāsa deveśaṃ nityameva janārdanam /
dhanavānapi vipro'sau vittasya kṣayaśaṃkitaḥ

pipīlikāmūṣikāśca tathānye'pi ca jaṃtavaḥ /
kṛpaṇasya dvijaśreṣṭha gṛhe nityaṃ bubhukṣitāḥ

upārjitaṃ dhanaṃ sarvaṃ svayameva dinedine /
bubhuje brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha dānakarmavivarjitaḥ

suhṛdāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca bāṃdhavānāṃ kadāpi saḥ /
cakāra na ca saṃbhāṣāmarthaprārthanaśaṃkayā

vigaṇayya svavittāni subahūni nijālaye /
matvā śreṣṭhamivātmānaṃ modate'sau dvijottama

kadācitprāptakālo'sau brāhmaṇo'tyaṃtavittavān /
gaṇikā brāhmaṇī sā ca ekakāle mṛtā dvija

atha dūtāḥ samāyātāstānnetumatibhīṣaṇāḥ /
dharmarājasya devasya pāśamudgarapāṇayaḥ

te ca caṇḍādayo dūtāstānsamādāya jaimine /
yayurdharmapuraṃ sadyo durgamena pathā tataḥ

caṇḍa uvāca-
ānīto hariśarmā ca veśyā ca brāhmaṇī ca sā /
tavājñayā jīviteśa paśyaitānpurataḥ sthitān

tānsamālokya jīveśaḥ prahasya dvijasattama /
citraguptamiti prāha sarvakāryavicakṣaṇam

yama uvāca-
eteṣāṃ sarvakāryāṇi śubhadānyaśubhāni ca /
mūlādvicāraya prājña citragupta mahāmate

yamādeśāttatasteṣāṃ citragupto vicakṣaṇaḥ /
sarvaṃ vicārayāmāsa śubhakarmāśubhaṃ tathā

citragupta uvāca-
devākarṇaya vakṣyāmi puṇyaṃ ca pātakaṃ tathā /
iyaṃ veśyā brāhmaṇī ca hariśarmā cakāra yat ५०

eṣā ratividagdhākhyā gaṇikāti durāśayā /
cakāra yāni pāpāni vaktuṃ tāni na śakyate

anyāyopārjitairvittairakhilaireva sūryaja /
annadānaṃ cakāreyaṃ gaṇikā gatayauvanā

annadānaprabhāveṇa yātanāgṛhavāsadaiḥ /
tyakteyaṃ pātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ koṭijanmārjitairapi

annadānaṃ mahārāja ye kurvaṃti janāḥ kṣitau /
te pāpino'pi gacchaṃti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam

yāvantyannāni yacchaṃti mānavāḥ kṣitimaṇḍale /
tāvaṃtyo brahmahatyāśca tasya naśyaṃtyasaṃśayaḥ

annāni yacchatāṃ tyaktvā śarīrāṇi ca pātakam /
gṛhṇatāmeva pātrāṇi sahasā yāti sūryaja

tasmātpāpināmannāni na gṛhṇaṃti vicakṣaṇāḥ /
mohādgṛhṇaṃti ye mūḍhāsta eva pāpabhāginaḥ

śubhakarmāśubhaṃ vāpi veśyāyāḥ kathitaṃ prabho /
brāhmaṇyāḥ śṛṇu karmāṇi śubhāni cāśubhāni ca

iyaṃ kṣemaṃkarī nāma brāhmaṇī śuddhavaṃśajā /
bhadrakīrtipriyā sarvaṃ cakāra duritaṃ prabho

tyaktvā nijāśramācāraṃ nijayauvanagarvitā /
babhūvātyaṃtapāpiṣṭhā jārasaṃgamalolupā

kadācicchaiśave rājankhelaṃtī śiśubhiḥ saha /
rathyāyāṃ khananaṃ cakre catuṣkoṇasamanvitam

tasminneva dine megha udakāni vavarṣa ca /
pūritaṃ tajjalaiḥ khātaṃ tayā vinirmitaṃ prabho

tato madhyāhnasamaye gaurekastṛṣito nṛpa /
apibattatra pānīyaṃ tāpitastapanātapaiḥ

tenaiva sarvapāpāni vinaṣṭāni mahāṃti vai /
tasyāḥ sūryasuta prājña jaladānaprabhāvataḥ

vimuktāḥ sakalaiḥ pāpairvrajennārāyaṇālayam /
kṛtapāpā hi deveśa brāhmaṇīyaṃ durāśayā

vimuktā sakalaiḥ pāpairjaladānaprabhāvataḥ /
ayaṃ vipro mahābhakto devadevasya cakriṇaḥ

tato'syopari jīveśa prabhureko'cyutaḥ smṛtaḥ /
vyāsa uvāca-
citraguptasya tadvākyaṃ samākarṇya sa daṃḍabhṛt

tāṃ veśyāṃ brāhmaṇīṃ cāpi vavaṃde brāhmaṇaṃ ca tam /
divyaiḥ suvarṇālaṃkārairvastrairnānāvidhaistathā

teṣāṃ pūjāṃ yamaḥ śrutvā kuṭuṃbināṃ ca jaimine /
uvāca prahasanvākyaṃ suprīto mṛdulākṣaram

yama uvāca-
yūyaṃ sarve mahātmāno vinaṣṭākhilapātakāḥ /
samastasukhadaṃ sthānaṃ gacchata śrīpateḥ prabhoḥ

tānāropya tato divye yamaḥ kāṃcananirmite /
rājahaṃsayute sthāne preṣayāmāsa cakriṇaḥ

tato divyarathārūḍhāḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ /
puraṃ bhagavato jagmuste sarve gatapātakāḥ

gaṇikā brāhmaṇī sā ca vinaṣṭākhilakalmaṣā /
sānnidhyaṃ prāpya devasya tasthau vipra ciraṃ sukham

hariśarmāṇamālokya samāyāṃtaṃ janārddanaḥ /
dadau varāsanaṃ tasmai snehātkanakanirmitam

pādyārghyācamanīyaiśca tamabhyarca dvijottamam /
varāsanopaviṣṭaṃ ca papraccheti mudā hariḥ

śrībhagavānuvāca-
dvijanma kuśalaṃ brūhi madbhaktapravaro'si yat /
ciraṃ me maṃdiraṃ tiṣṭha sarvopadravavarjite

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
tvāṃ smṛtvāpīkṣito deva labhate kuśalaṃ prabho /
tvatsānnidhyaṃ mayā prāptaṃ kuśalaṃ kimataḥ param

vyāsa uvāca-
etasya vacanaṃ śrutvā bhagavānpraṇayoditam /
dattavānnijasārūpyaṃ prītastasmai dvijanmane

dadau tasmai sukhaṃ sarvaṃ durllabhaṃ kamalāpatiḥ /
āhāramātraṃ na dadau tatkārpaṇyaṃ smaranprabhuḥ

dinadvayāṃtare vipro nirāhāraḥ kṣudhākulaḥ /
provāca viṣṇuṃ deveśaṃ vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
prabhoprāptaṃtavasthānamanekatapasāṃphalaiḥ /
atrāpi kṣudhayā nityaṃ viphalo'smi kathaṃ prabho

devakanyā gaṇairdivyaiḥ saṃprāptanavayauvanaiḥ /
śvetacāmaravātena maṃceṣvapi nivījitaḥ

sugaṃdhānāṃ prasūnānāṃ mahāsragbhiralaṃkṛtaḥ /
caṃdanairliptasarvāṃgo rājaśreṣṭha iva prabho

cārvaṅgībhiḥ kāminībhirnityaṃ matpurataḥ prabho /
gītena nṛtyate cāpi nārāyaṇa tavājñayā

vāsavādyāḥ surāḥ sarve rajāṃsi mama pādayoḥ /
śiraḥ kirīṭaśobhīni nityameva vahaṃti vai

devadevarṣayaścāpi munayaśca jagatpate /
stuvaṃti māṃ stavairnityaṃ kiṃkarā iva sarvadā

caturbāhurahaṃ śyāmaḥ śaṅkhacakragadābjabhṛt /
praphullapuṇḍarīkākṣaḥ pītavāsāḥ sukuṇḍalaḥ

svarṇayajñopavītī ca kirīṭī kuṇḍalī tathā /
dṛśye tvamiva devādyairdvitīyo garuḍadhvajaḥ

sukhānyetāni dattāni durllabhāni tvayā prabho /
dadāsi kathamāhāraṃ na mahyaṃ parameśvara

kṣudhāgninā ca sumahaccharīraṃ mama dahyate /
yathaiva jvalito vṛkṣaḥ koṭarasthena vahninā

sukhametattvayā dattaṃ hare mahyaṃ na rocate /
prajvalajjaṭharāgnau tu vihvalāṅgāya keśava

karmaṇā manasā vācā tvāṃ vinā jagadīśvaram /
na pūjito mayā kaściddevadeva gaṇārcitaḥ

svapnenāpi jagannātha tasya bhaktiḥ kṛtā nahi /
āhāraṃ kena doṣeṇa dadāsi nahi me prabho

vyāsa uvāca-
athāsau bhagavānviṣṇuḥ kautukī samuvāca tam /
gaccha brāhmaṇa bhadraṃ te brahmāṇaṃ prati satvaram

iti śrutvā vaco vipraḥ śīghraṃ brahmāṇamāyayau /
brahmā taṃ prati provāca kārpaṇyaṃ tasya darśayan

brahmovāca-
duḥkhādupārjitaṃ karma dīyate yanna bhūsure /
svayaṃ na bhuṃjate tacca naṣṭameva na saṃśayaḥ

kāraṇaṃ tava duḥkhasya sarvameva mayoditam /
gaccha brāhmaṇa bhadraṃ te niḥsaṃdehoyamāgataḥ

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
nijakarmavipāko'yaṃ tvatprasādācchruto'khilaḥ /
idānīṃ brūhi dānāni kāni deyāni mānavaiḥ

brahmovāca-
bahūni saṃti dānāni tāni vaktuṃ na śakyate /
saṃkṣepātkathyate vipra niśāmaya samāhitaḥ

bhūmidānaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha sarvadānottamottamam /
kṛtaṃ puṇyātmanā yena sa jñeyaḥ sarvadānakṛt १००

gocarmamātraṃ bhūmiṃ yo dadāti dvijasattama /
sa gacchetparamaṃ sthānaṃ vimuktaḥ sarvapātakaiḥ

bhūmiṃ sasyasametāṃ yo daridrāya dvijātaye /
dadāti brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha tasya puṇyaṃ niśāmaya

sarvapāpavinirmukto nārāyaṇapuraṃ vrajet /
tatra bhuṃkte sukhaṃ sarvaṃ yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa

bhūyo bhūmiṃ samāsādya sārvabhaumo nṛpo bhavet /
ciraṃ bhuktvā mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ naro nārāyaṇo bhavet

yasmādbhūmirdvijairgrāhyā tyaktvā dānaśatānyapi /
bhūmido bhūminetā ca dvāvapi svargagāminau

maṃdaburddhirdvijo yastu bhūmidānaṃ parityajet /
pratijanmani viprendra sa bhavedatiduḥkhitaḥ

anyebhyo'pi samādāya bhūmidānaṃ ya ācaret /
tasya viṣṇurati prīto dadāti paramaṃ padam

grāmaṃ yacchati yo vipra daridrāya dvijātaye /
dāpayatyapi vā tasya puṇyaṃ vāpi niśāmaya

yāvaṃto reṇavo bhūmau yāvaṃto vṛṣṭibiṃdavaḥ /
manvaṃtarāṇi tāvaṃti viṣṇuloke vasetsudhīḥ

dhenuṃ payasvinīṃ yastu savatsāṃ yacchati dvija /
tasya bravīmyahaṃ puṇyamākarṇaya mahātmanaḥ

saptadvīpāṃ mahīṃ datvā sasasyāṃ yatphalaṃ labhet /
tatphalaṃ labhate martyo dhenuṃ yacchandvijātaye

dadāti vṛṣabhaṃ yastu brāhmaṇāya kuṭuṃbine /
vimuktaḥ pātakai rudrai rudralokaṃ sa gacchati

tasya yāvaṃti romāṇi śarīre vṛṣabhasya ca /
tāvatkalpasahasrāṇi rudreṇa saha modate

yastu vedavide dhenuṃ dadyādubhayatomukhīm /
na tasya punarāvṛttī rudralokātkadācana

vṛṣaṃ tilasamāyuktaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ yastu prayacchati /
sa rudrabhavane tiṣṭheddvijendra tilasaṃkhyayā

tilapramāṇamapi ca svarṇaṃ dadyāddvijātaye /
sa yāti viṣṇubhavanaṃ kulakoṭisamanvitaḥ

yo bhaktyā rajataṃ yaccheddaridrāya dvijātaye /
caṃdralokaṃ samāsādya sudhāpānaṃ karoti saḥ

hīrakaṃ mauktikaṃ cāpi pravālaṃ ca maṇiṃ tathā /
yo dadāti dvijaśreṣṭha śakralokaṃ sa gacchati

aśvadānaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha yaḥ karoti mahāśayaḥ /
gandharvarājarājatvaṃ sa prāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ

dadāti vāraṇaṃ yastu yuvānaṃ doṣavarjitam /
devarājye vibhāgī sa bhavedindra iva dvija

naradolāṃ ca yo dadyādbrāhmaṇāya sadakṣiṇām /
so'pīndrapadamāsādya vasetkalpacatuṣṭayam

śāligrāmaśilādānaṃ yo dadāti dvijātaye /
tasya puṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi samāsena śṛṇu dvija

saptadvīpāṃ mahīṃ datvā saśailavanakānanām /
yatphalaṃ tacca labhate śālagrāmaśilāpradaḥ

tulāpuruṣadānena yatphalaṃ prāpyate naraiḥ /
śālagrāmaśilāṃ yacchaṃstasmātkoṭiguṇaṃ labhet

śālagrāmaśilā yena pradattā dvijasattama /
nūnaṃ tena pradattāni bhuvanāni caturdaśa

tulāpuruṣadānaṃ yaḥ prakaroti narottama /
divi divyāṃbaradharaściraṃ sa ca mahīpatiḥ

jananījaṭhare bhūyastasya janma na vidyate /
dadāti yastu vai kanyāṃ sālaṃkārāṃ narottamaḥ

sa gacchedviṣṇubhavanaṃ punarāvṛttivarjitaḥ /
yaḥ kanyāvikrayaṃ mūḍho mohātprakurute naraḥ

sa gacchennarakaṃ ghoraṃ purīṣahradasaṃjñakam /
vikrītāyāśca kanyāyā yaḥ putro jāyate dvija

sa cāṃḍāla iva jñeyaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ /
kanyāvikrayiṇaḥ puṃso mukhaṃ paśyenna śāstravit

paśyedajñānato vāpi kuryādbhāskaradarśanam /
yatkiṃcitkriyate karma kanyāvikrayiṇaḥ puraḥ

śubhaṃ tatsakalaṃ karma gacchedviphalatāṃ dvija /
kanyāvikrayiṇo nāsti narakānniṣkṛtiḥ punaḥ

kanyādānakṛto nāsti svargādāgamanaṃ punaḥ /
bahunātra kimuktena saṃkṣepeṇa bravīmi te

hīrakakṣitikanyānāṃ phalaṃ syācca śatādhikam /
upānahaṃ cātapatraṃ yastu yacchati bhūtale

śṛṇu tasya tu vai puṇyaṃ saṃkṣepeṇa bravīmi te /
iha varṣaśataṃ jīvetsarvasaṃpatsamanvitaḥ

mṛtaḥ śakrapuraṃ prāpya śatakalpacatuṣṭayam /
dadāti nūtanaṃ vastraṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

vastraṃ purātanaṃ yaccheddhenuṃ ca rajatīṃ tathā /
kanyāṃ rajasvalāṃ yastu sa sadā narakaṃ vrajet

phalado mānavo vipra gacchati tridaśālayam /
bhuṃkte kalpasahasrāṇi phalaṃ tatrāmṛtopamam

śākaprado yāti vipra śaṃbhorbhagavataḥ padam /
tatra kalpadvayaṃ bhuṃkte pāyasaṃ durllabhaṃ suraiḥ

dugdhado dadhidaścaiva ghṛtadastakradastathā /
prāpnoti vai sudhāpānaṃ puro bhagavato hareḥ

puṣpado manujo vipra gandhadaśca surālayam /
tiṣṭhedyugasahasrāṇi puṣpagandhavibhūṣitaḥ

śayyādānaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha yaḥ karoti dvijottama /
sa brahmalokamāgatya paryaṃkaśayanaściram

dīpadaḥ pīṭhadaścaiva sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ /
divyasiṃhāsanasthaśca jaladīpāvalīvṛtaḥ

tāṃbūlado naro rājanbhuvi bhuṃkte'khilaṃ śubham /
divi devāṅganākroḍe suptastāṃbūlamatti vai

vidyādānaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha yaḥ karoti narottama /
saṃprāpya saṃnidhiṃ viṣṇostiṣṭhedyugaśatadvayam

tato jñānaṃ samāsādya tatraiva dvijasattama /
prāpnoti durllabhaṃ mokṣaṃ prasādātkamalāpateḥ

anāthaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ yastu pāṭhayatyatiduḥkhitam /
sa yāti viṣṇubhavanaṃ punarāvṛttidurllabham

kulīno'pi dvijaśreṣṭho na bhāti vidyayā vinā /
tasmāddivajaṃ pāṭhayaṃtaḥ prayāṃti paramaṃ padam

bhuvi pratyakṣadevo'pi brāhmaṇo devatāśrayaḥ /
sarvavarṇagururnaiva vidyāhīno virājate

saṃsāre yāni dānāni saṃti hemādikāni ca /
tāni tena pradattāni brāhmaṇo yena pāṭhitaḥ १५०

kuryātpustakadānaṃ yo naro bhaktisamanvitaḥ /
tasya puṇyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha saṃkṣepātte vadāmyaham

tatrākṣarāṇi yāvaṃti patre patre ca pustake /
pratyakṣare labhetpuṇyaṃ kapilākoṭidānajam

yāvaddinaṃ pustakaṃ tatprapaṭhaṃti dvijātayaḥ /
tāvanmanvaṃtaraṃ tiṣṭhedvaikuṃṭhe pustakapradaḥ

evamādīnyanekāni saṃti dānāni bhūsura /
samyagvaktuṃ jagatyasminkaḥ śakto dviśatairapi

brahmahatyādi pāpāni kriyaṃte yāni mānavaiḥ /
hanyaṃte tāni pāpāni tasmāddānaṃ samācaret

ātmapuṇyena yaddānaṃ dīyate ca tribhirjanaiḥ /
yāvaddravyaṃ phalaṃ tasmāttasya dānasya labhyate

prītaye kamalābharturyaddānaṃ dīyate janaiḥ /
tasyakoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

tasmānnārāyaṇaprītihetave matimānnaraḥ /
dānaṃ samācaredvipra bhaktikarmasamanvitaḥ

tapaso'pi paraṃ dānaṃ niruktaṃ tatvadarśibhiḥ /
ato yatnādapi prājño dānakarmasamācaret

dānaṃ tapo dve api yaḥ prakaroti narottamaḥ /
tasya tulyo jagatyasminvidyate na hi bhūsura

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasāre sarvadānamāhātmyaṃnāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ