Skandapurana 7.12.584_29

7.12.584_29

yastu gāṃ saṃprayaccheta brāhmaṇebhyo yathātatham .
tamapyasau bhayārthebhyastrāyate narakādapi . .94. .
kṛṣṇājinaṃ ca yo97 dadyād vratine brahmacāriṇe .
pṛthivīphalamāpnoti yogaścāsya pravartate . .95 . .
yogibhyo brahmacāribhyo brāhmaṇebhyo yatātmavān .
yaḥ prayacchedāvasathaṃ sośvamedhaphalaṃ labhet ..96. .
āptoryāmaṃ pauṇḍarīkaṃ gosahasrañca vindati .
smṛñca paramā labdhvā yogamāpnoti suvratāḥ . . 97. .

Whoever duly gives a cow to the brahmins, / she delivers him from things of fear and even from hell. . . 94 . .
And whoever gives a black antelope hide to a student of the Veda observing vows, / obtains the fruit of [giving] the earth, and yoga succeeds for him. . . 95 . .
Whoever, self-controlled, gives shelter / to yogis, students of the Veda, and brahmins, obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. . . 96 . .
He gains an Āptoryāma, a Pauṇḍarīka, and a thousand cows; / and having obtained supreme memory, O people of noble vows, he attains yoga. . . 97 . .