Matsya Purana 183.76

183.76

upavāsantu yaḥ kṛtvā viprān santarpayannaraḥ.
sautrāmaṇeśca yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 183.76 ..

O Pâravatî! one who gives away a cow, that gives good quantity of milk, in charity, with its horns mounted with gold, its hoofs covered with silver, having three colours, to a Brâhmaṇa well versed in Vedas, on the banks of Vârâṇasî, undoubtedly liberates seven generations of his ancestors from bondage So also one who gives away in charity to a Brâhmaṇa, gold, silver, cloths, and grain, &c, in that Avimukta tîrtha acquires everlasting merits People become free from diseases by bathing at that tîrtha and get the benefit of ten aśvamedha sacrifices Any virtuous man who gives some sort of charity to the Brâhmaṇas after his ablution attains felicity and shines like fire One who gives away grain in charity at the confluence of the Varuṇa and Asi with the Ganges, according to the prescribed rites, is not re-born Devî! I have narrated to you the glory of this sacred place One who fasts and then feeds the Brâhmaṇas in this tîrtha attains the benefit of Sautrâmaṇi sacrifice Dear Paravatî, one who lives on only one meal a day for a month washes off all his lifelong sins One who enters the fire according to the prescribed rites undoubtedly enters My mouth One who gives away ten gold coins in charity gets the benefits of Agnihotra sacrifice, and one who gives away incense, &c, derives the benefit of having given away land in charity One who gives away a broom gets the benefit of having given away 500 gold coins The giver of sandal gets the benefit of having given away 1,000 gold coins—68-80