[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 2.38.40 # Garudapurana 2.38.40 Garuḍapurāṇa 2.38.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.38.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.38.40) dānaṃ sādhordaridrasya śūnyaliṅgasya pūjanam / anāthapretasaṃskāraḥ koṭiyajñaphalapradaḥ // > Giving to a destitute holy person, worship of an unattended liṅga, / and the funeral rite of an orphaned corpse bestow the reward of ten million sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.38.40.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.38.40.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīyāṃśe dharmakāṇḍe pretakalpe śrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde uttamalokagatyāgatimokṣamānuṣyahetunirūpaṇaṃ nāmāṣṭātriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the thirty-eighth chapter in the Pretakalpa in the Dharmakāṇḍa, the second part of the Uttarakhaṇḍa in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the dialogue between Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Garuḍa, entitled 'Ascertainment of the Causes for Reaching and Returning from Higher Worlds, Liberation, and Human Birth'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.2.38.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.38.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.2.38.40) · Pramāṇa