Garudapurana 2.7.102
Garuḍapurāṇa 2.7.102
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2.7.102
pretāḥ saṃgavaśena nākamavansantaptako brāhmaṇo viṣvaksana iti prasiddhavibhavo nāmnā gaṇe me 'bhavat /
etatte sakalaṃ mayā nigāditaṃ yaścaitadutkīrtayedyaścedaṃ śṛṇuyānna so 'pi puruṣaḥ pretatvamāpnoti hi //
The pretas attained heaven through holy company, and the distressed brāhmaṇa, renowned for power under the name Viṣvaksena, became one of My attendants. / All this has been declared by Me to you; and the man who proclaims this or who listens to this does not attain the state of a preta.
2.7.102.p1
iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe dvitīyāṃśe dharmakāṇḍe śrīkṛṣṇagaruḍasaṃvāde pretakalpe pañcapretopākhyānaṃ nāma saptamo 'dyāyaḥ
Thus ends the seventh chapter, titled 'The Tale of the Five Pretas', 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.
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