Vayu Purana · Chapter 18

bṛhaspatiruvāca//
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi dānāni ca phalāni ca/
tāraṇaṃ sarvvabhūtānāṃ svargamārgaṃ sukhāvaham

loke śreṣṭhatamaṃ svargyamātman ścāpi yat priyam/
sarvvaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dātavyaṃ teṣāmevākṣayārthinā

jāmbūnadamayaṃ divyaṃ vimānaṃ sūryyasannibham/
divyāpsarobhiḥ saṅkīrṇamannado labhate phalam

ācchādanantu yo dadyādāhataṃ śrāddhakarmmaṇi/
āyuḥ prakāmamaiśvaryyaṃ rūpañca labhate sutam

upavītantu yo dadyācchrāddhakāleṣu dharmavit /
pānañca sarvaviprāṇāṃ brahmadānasya yat phalam

kṛtaṃ vipreṣu yo dadyāchrāddhakāle kamaṇḍalum/
madhukṣīrasravā dhenurdātāramupatiṣṭhati

cakrāviddhaṃ tu yo dadyācchrāddhakāle kamaṇḍalum/
dhenuṃ sa labhate divyāṃ payodāṃ kāmyadohinīm

pūrṇasayyāṃ tu yo dadyāt puṣpamālāvibhūṣitām/
prāsādo hyuttamo bhūtvā gacchantamanugacchati

bhavanaṃ ratnasampūrṇaṃ saśayyāsanabhojanam/
śrāddhe dattvā yatibhyastu nākapṛṣṭhe sa modate

muktā vaiḍhūryyavāsāṃsi ratnāni vividhāni ca/
vāhanāni ca divyāni ayutānyarbbudāni ca

sumahajjvalanaprakhyaṃ ratnakāmasamanvitam /
sūryyacandra prabhaṃ divyaṃ vimānaṃ labhate'kṣayam

apsarobhiḥ parivṛtaṃ kāmagaṃ tu manojavam/
vasate sa vimānāgre stūyamānaḥ samantataḥ

divyairgandhaiḥ prasiñcanti puṣpavṛṣṭibhireva ca/
gandharvāpsarasastatra gāyante vādayanti ca

kanyā yuvatayo mukhyāḥ sahitāścāpsarogaṇaiḥ/
susvaraistaṃ vibudhyante satataṃ hi manoramaiḥ

aśvadānasahasreṇa rathadānaśatena ca/
dantināṃ ca sahasreṇa yoginyā vasate naraḥ

dadyāt pitṛbhyo yogibhyo yastūjjvalanamambhasi/
atha niṣkasahasrāṇāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

jīvitasya pradānāddhi nānyaddānaṃ viśiṣyate/
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena deyaṃ prāṇābhirakṣaṇam

ahiṃsā sarvvadevebhyaḥ pavitrā sarvvadāyinī/
dānaṃ hi jīvitasyāhuḥ prāṇināṃ paramaṃ budhāḥ

lakṣaṇāni suvarṇāni śrāddhe pātrāṇi dāpayet/
rasāstamupatiṣṭhanti gavāṃ puṣṭistathaiva ca

pātraṃ vai taijasaṃ dadyānmanojñaṃ śrāddhabhojane/
pātraṃ bhavati kāmānāṃ rūpasya ca dhanasya ca

rājataṃ kāñcanaṃ vāpi dadyācchrāddhe tu karmmaṇi/
dattvā tu labhate dātā prakāmaṃ dharmmameva ca

dhenuṃ śrāddhe tu yo dadyāt vṛṣṭi kumbhopadohanām/
gāvastamupatiṣṭhanti gavāṃ puṣṭistathaiva ca

śiśireṣu tathā tvagniṃ bahukāṣṭhaṃ tathaiva ca/
indhanāni tu yo dadyāddvijebhyaḥ śiśi rāgame

nityaṃ jayati saṃgrāme śriyā yuktaścadīpyate/
surabhīṇi ca mālyāni gandhavanti tathaiva ca

pūjayitvā tu pātrāṇi śrāddhe satkṛtya dāpayet/
gandhavāhā mahānadyaḥ sukhāni vividhāni ca

dātāramupatiṣṭhanti yuvatyaśca manoramāḥ/
śayanāsanāni ramyāṇi bhūmayo vāhanāni ca

śrāddhe'pyetāni yo dadyādaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet/
śrāddhakālenivedyaṃ ca darśaśrāddha upasthite

viprāṇāṃ guṇayuktānāṃ smṛtiṃ medhāṃ ca vindati/
sarpiṣpūrṇāni pātrāṇi śrāddhe satkṛtya dāpayet

kumbhadohanadhenūnāṃ bahvīnāṃ ca phalaṃ labhet/
asmistu modate loke syandanaiśca suvāhanaiḥ

śrāddhe yathepsitaṃ dattvā puṇḍarīkasya yatphalam/
ramyamāvasathaṃ dattvā rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet

vanaṃ puṣpaphalopetaṃ dattvā saurabhamaśnute/
kūpārāmataḍāgāni kṣetraghoṣagṛhāṇi ca

dattvaitān modate svarge nityamācandratārakam/
āstīrṇaśayanaṃ dattvā śrāddhe ratnavibhūṣitam

pitarastasya tuṣyanti svargaṃ cānantyamaśnute/
rājabhiḥ pūjyate cāpi dhanadhānyaiśca varddhate

ūrṇākauśeyavastrāṇi tathā pravarakambalau/
ajinaṃ kāñcanaṃ paṭṭaṃ praveṇī mṛgalomakam

dānānyatāni viprebhyo bhojayitvā yathāvidhi/
prāpnoti śraddadhānastu vājapeyaśataṃ phalam

bahvayo nāryyaḥ surūpāstu putrā bhṛtyāśca kiṅkarāḥ/
vaśe tiṣṭhanti bhūtāni asmim̐lloke tvanāmayam

kauśeyaṃ kṣaumakārpāsaṃ dukūlasahitaṃ tathā/
śrāddheṣvetāni yo dadyāt kāmānāpnoti puṣkalān

alakṣmīṃ vinudatyāśu tamaḥ sūryyodaye yathā/
bhrājate sa vimānāgre nakṣatreṣviva candramāḥ

vāso hi sarvadaivatyaṃ sarvadevaistvabhiṣṭutam/
vastrābhāve kriyā nāsti yajñā vedāstapāṃsi ca

tasmādvastrāṇi deyāni śrāddhakāle viśeṣataḥ/
tāni sarvāṇyavāpnāpnoti yajñavedatapāṃsi ca

nityaṃ śrāddheṣu yo dadyāt prayatastatparāyaṇaḥ /
sarvān kāmānavāpnoti sarvaṃ rājyaṃ tathaiva ca

sarvakāmasamṛddhasya yajñasya phalamaśnute/
bhakṣyān dhānāḥ karambhāṃśca piṣṭakān ghṛtaśarkarāḥ

kṛśarānmadhu karkañca payaḥ pāyasameva ca/
snigdhāṃśca pūpān yo dadyādagniṣṭomasya yat phalam

dadhi gavyamasaṃsṛṣṭaṃ bhakṣyā nānāvidhāstathā/
tadannaṃ śocati śrāddhe varṣāsu ca maghāsu ca

ghṛtena bhojayedviprān ghṛtaṃ bhūmau samutsṛjet/
gayāyāṃ hastinaścaiva dattvā śrāddhe na śocati

odanaṃ pāyasaṃ sarpirmadhumūlaphalāni ca/
bhakṣyāṃśca vividhāndattvā pretya ceha ca modate

śarkarākṣīrasaṃyuktaṃ pṛthukaṃ nityamakṣayam/
yaśca saṃvatsaraṃ prītyā kṛsarairmasureṇa ca

saktulājāstathā pūpāḥ kulmāṣavyañjanaistathā/
sārpeḥsnigdhāni hṛdyāni dadhnā saktūṃstu bhojayet/
śrāddheṣvetāni yo dadyāt pajhāni labhate nidhim

navasasyāni yo dadyācchrāddhe satkṛtya yatnataḥ/
sarvabhogānavāpnoti pūjyate ca divaṃ gataḥ

bhakṣyabhojyāni coṣyāṇi peyalehyavarāṇi ca/
sarvaśreṣṭhāni yo dadyāt sarvvaśreṣṭho bhavennaraḥ

vaiśvadevaṃ ca saumyaṃ ca khāḍgamāṃsaṃ paraṃ haviḥ/
viṣāṇaṃ varjjayet khāḍgamasūyāṃ nāśayāmahe

bhojane'grāsanaṃ dadyādatithibhyaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ /
sarvayajñakriyāṇāṃ sa phalaṃ prāpnotyanuttamam

kṣipramatyuṣṇa makliṣṭaṃ dadyāccānnaṃ bubhukṣate/
vayañjanaṃ ca tathā snigdhaṃ bhaktyā satkṛtya yatnataḥ

taruṇādityasaṅkāśaṃ vimānaṃ haṃsavāhanam/
annado labhate tisraḥ kalpakoṭīstathaiva ca

annadānātparaṃ dānaṃ vidyate neha kiñcana/
annādbhūtāni jāyante jīvanti ca na saṃśayaḥ

jīvadānāt paraṃ dānaṃ na kiñcidiha vidyate/
annairjīvati trailokyamannasyaiva hi tatphalam

anne lokāḥ pratiṣṭhanti lokadānasya tatphalam /
annaṃ prajāpatiḥ sākṣāttena sarvvamidaṃ tatam/
tasmādannasamaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati

yāni ratnāni medinyāṃ vāhanāni striyastathā/
kṣipraṃ prāpnoti tat sarvaṃ pitṛbhakto hi mānavaḥ

pratiśrayaṃ sadā dadyādatithibhyaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ/
devāste saṃpratīkṣante divyātithyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ

sarvāṇyetāni yo dadyāt pṛthivyāmekarāḍ bhavet/
tribhirdvābhyāmathaikena dānena tu sukhī bhavet

dānāni paramo dharmmaḥ sadbhiḥ satkṛtya pūjitaḥ/
trailokyasyādhipatyaṃ hi dānādeva vyavasthitam

rājā tu labhate rājyamadhanaścottamaṃ dhanam/
kṣīṇāyurlabhate cāyuḥ pitṛbhaktaḥ sadā naraḥ/
yān kāmān manasā'rtheta tāṃstasya pitaro viduḥ

iti śrīmahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte śrāddhakalpe dānaphalaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ