Skandapurana 7.12.584_13

7.12.584_13

tathaiva dattvā viprebhyo niṣkrīya ca punarnaraḥ35 .
sa yat phalamavāpnoti tacchṛṇudhvaṃ36 mahāprabhāḥ37 . . 39 . .
yāvad vṛkṣasya puṣpāṇi upayuñjanti38 dehinaḥ .
phalāni caiva bhakṣyante jantubhiḥ phalitasya tu . .8.111.40 ..
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi tārayitvā pitṝnapi .
somalokaṃ samāsādya somṛtaṃ39 phalamāpnuyāt . .41 ..
phalāni yaḥ prayaccheta brāhmaṇebhyassamāhitaḥ
phalānāṃ sa tu bhāgī syādbahūnāṃ subhagaśca ha . .42 ..
kāṣṭhāni yaḥ prayaccheta hemante narasattamaḥ .
brāhmaṇebhyastadā devyaḥ40 sognilokaṃ samaśnute . .43 . .
bhājanaṃ yaḥ prayaccheta haimaṃ ratnavibhūṣitam .
sopsaraḥśatasaṃkīrṇe vimāne divi modate . .4 4. .
rājataṃ yaḥ prayaccheta viprebhyo bhājanaṃ śubhāḥ41 .
sa gāndharvapadaṃ prāpya urvaśyā saha modate . .55 . .
tāmraṃ yo bhājanaṃ dadyād brāhmaṇebhyo viśeṣataḥ .
sa bhaved yakṣarājasya yakṣo balasamanvitaḥ . .46 . .
gṛhaṃ yastu prayaccheta sarvakāmasamṛddhimat .
sa lokaṃ brahmaṇaḥ prāpya sarvakāmairniṣevyate . .47. .
sarvakoṭīḥ42 sa tatroṣya catasrastena karmaṇā .
gṛhamedhī yadā dātā bhogavām̐ścaiva jāyate . .48. .
oṣadhīryaḥ prayaccheta dhānyāni vividhāni ca .
sa sarvakāmasaṃmṛṣṭaṃ43 somalokaṃ samaśnute . .49 . .
tatra varṣasahasrāṇi sapta sthitvā punarnaraḥ .
iha sarva dhanopeto44 bhogāvānabhijāyate . .8.111.5 0 . .

Likewise, having given it to brahmins and then redeemed it, a man—
what fruit he obtains, hear that, O splendid ones!
As long as embodied beings enjoy the blossoms of the tree
and the fruits of the bearing tree are eaten by creatures,
for that many thousands of years, having delivered even his ancestors,
he reaches the world of Soma and attains the immortal fruit.
He who attentively gives fruits to brahmins,
he shall become a possessor of many fruits and fortunate indeed.
The best among men who offers firewood in the winter season
to brahmins, O goddesses, he enjoys the world of Agni.
He who offers a golden vessel adorned with jewels
rejoices in heaven in an aerial chariot crowded with hundreds of apsarases.
He who offers a silver vessel to brahmins, O auspicious ones,
having reached the status of a gandharva, rejoices with Urvaśī.
He who gives a copper vessel especially to brahmins
becomes a yakṣa endowed with power in the service of the king of yakṣas.
He who presents a house filled with all desired things,
having attained the world of Brahmā, is served with all desires.
Having dwelt there for four full crores [of years] by that deed,
he is then born as a generous, pleasure-enjoying householder.
He who provides medicinal herbs and various grains
attains the world of Soma, adorned with all desires.
Having stayed there for seven thousand years, that man
is born here endowed with all wealth and enjoying pleasures.