The Fruits of Hearing the Bhumikhanda

Verse 1 (padma.2.125.1)

सूत उवाच । वेनस्याज्ञां सुसंप्राप्य पृथुः परमधार्मिकः । संबभ्रे सर्वसंभारान्नानापुण्यान्नृपात्मजः

sūta uvāca venasyājñāṁ susaṁprāpya pṛthuḥ paramadhārmikaḥ saṁbabhre sarvasaṁbhārānnānāpuṇyānnṛpātmajaḥ

Suta said: Having duly received Vena's command, Prithu, most righteous, that son of the king, gathered together every manner of holy sacrificial material.

Verse 2 (padma.2.125.2)

निमंत्र्य ब्राह्मणान्सर्वान्नानादेशोद्भवानपि । अथ वेन इयाजासावश्वमेधेन भूपतिः

nimaṁtrya brāhmaṇānsarvānnānādeśodbhavānapi atha vena iyājāsāvaśvamedhena bhūpatiḥ

Having invited all the brahmins, come from many different lands, that lord of the earth, Vena, then performed sacrifice by the Ashvamedha.

Verse 3 (padma.2.125.3)

दानान्यदाद्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नानारूपाण्यनेकशः । जगाम वैष्णवं लोकं सकायो जगतीपतिः

dānānyadādbrāhmaṇebhyo nānārūpāṇyanekaśaḥ jagāma vaiṣṇavaṁ lokaṁ sakāyo jagatīpatiḥ

He gave gifts to the brahmins of many kinds, in various forms; and that lord of the world, with his own body, went to the world of Vishnu.

Verse 4 (padma.2.125.4)

विष्णुना सह धर्मात्मा नित्यमेव प्रवर्तते । एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं चरित्रं तस्य भूपतेः

viṣṇunā saha dharmātmā nityameva pravartate etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṁ caritraṁ tasya bhūpateḥ

That righteous one dwells forever, eternally, together with Vishnu. This whole account of that king's life have I related to you —

Verse 5 (padma.2.125.5)

सर्वपापप्रशमनं सर्वदुःखविनाशनम् । पृथुरेव स धर्मात्मा राजा पृथ्वीं प्रशासति

sarvapāpapraśamanaṁ sarvaduḥkhavināśanam pṛthureva sa dharmātmā rājā pṛthvīṁ praśāsati

— a calmer of every sin, a destroyer of every sorrow. That very Prithu, righteous, became king and ruled over the earth.

Verse 6 (padma.2.125.6)

त्रैलोक्येन समं पृथ्वीं दुदोह नृपसत्तमः । प्रजास्तु रंजितास्तेन पुण्यधर्मानुकर्मभिः

trailokyena samaṁ pṛthvīṁ dudoha nṛpasattamaḥ prajāstu raṁjitāstena puṇyadharmānukarmabhiḥ

That best of kings milked the earth as though she were the equal of the three worlds; and by deeds that followed holy dharma, he made his people rejoice.

Verse 7 (padma.2.125.7)

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं भूमिखण्डमनुत्तमम् । प्रथमं सृष्टिखंडं तु द्वितीयं भूमिखंडकम्

etatte sarvamākhyātaṁ bhūmikhaṇḍamanuttamam prathamaṁ sṛṣṭikhaṁḍaṁ tu dvitīyaṁ bhūmikhaṁḍakam

This is all that I have told you — this most excellent Bhumikhanda. The first is the Srishti-khanda, and this, the second, is the Bhumi-khanda —

Verse 8 (padma.2.125.8)

भूमिखंडस्यमाहात्म्यं कथयिष्याम्यहं पुनः । अस्य खंडस्य वै श्लोकं यः शृणोति नरोत्तमः

bhūmikhaṁḍasyamāhātmyaṁ kathayiṣyāmyahaṁ punaḥ asya khaṁḍasya vai ślokaṁ yaḥ śṛṇoti narottamaḥ

now I shall speak once more of the greatness of the Bhumikhanda. Whatever excellent man hears even a single verse of this khanda —

Verse 9 (padma.2.125.9)

दिनस्यैकस्य वै पापं तस्य चैव प्रणश्यति । यो नरो भावसंयुक्तोऽध्यायं संशृणुते सुधीः

dinasyaikasya vai pāpaṁ tasya caiva praṇaśyati yo naro bhāvasaṁyukto'dhyāyaṁ saṁśṛṇute sudhīḥ

— even the sin of a single day is destroyed for him. And whatever wise man, filled with true devotion, hears an entire chapter —

Verse 10 (padma.2.125.10)

तस्य पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रूयतां द्विजसत्तमाः । दत्तस्य गोसहस्रस्य ब्राह्मणेभ्यः सुपर्वणि

tasya puṇyaṁ pravakṣyāmi śrūyatāṁ dvijasattamāḥ dattasya gosahasrasya brāhmaṇebhyaḥ suparvaṇi

his merit I shall now tell — hear it, foremost brahmins. Whatever fruit is obtained from the gift of a thousand cows to brahmins on a holy occasion —

Verse 11 (padma.2.125.11)

यत्फलं तत्प्रजायेत विष्णुस्तस्य प्रसीदति । अस्य पद्मपुराणस्य पठमानस्य नित्यशः

yatphalaṁ tatprajāyeta viṣṇustasya prasīdati asya padmapurāṇasya paṭhamānasya nityaśaḥ

— that very fruit is his as well, and Vishnu becomes pleased with him. For whoever recites this Padma Purana always, day after day —

Verse 12 (padma.2.125.12)

कलौयुगे तु विघ्नाश्च न जायंते नरस्य वै । व्यास उवाच । कस्मात्कलौ न जायंते शृण्वानस्य च पद्मज

kalauyuge tu vighnāśca na jāyaṁte narasya vai vyāsa uvāca kasmātkalau na jāyaṁte śṛṇvānasya ca padmaja

— in the Kali age, no obstacle arises for that man. Vyasa said: O son of the lotus (Brahma), why do no obstacles arise in Kali for one who merely listens —

Verse 13 (padma.2.125.13)

नरस्य पुण्ययुक्तस्य नाना विघ्नाः सुदारुणाः । ब्रह्मोवाच । मखस्याप्यश्वमेधस्य यत्फलं परिकथ्यते

narasya puṇyayuktasya nānā vighnāḥ sudāruṇāḥ brahmovāca makhasyāpyaśvamedhasya yatphalaṁ parikathyate

— while for even a man of great merit, various terrible obstacles do come to arise? Brahma said: The fruit that is spoken of concerning the Ashvamedha sacrifice —

Verse 14 (padma.2.125.14)

तत्फलं दृश्यते तात पुराणे पद्मसंज्ञके । अश्वमेधमखः पुण्यः कलौ नैव प्रवर्तते

tatphalaṁ dṛśyate tāta purāṇe padmasaṁjñake aśvamedhamakhaḥ puṇyaḥ kalau naiva pravartate

— that very fruit, my child, is seen in this Purana named Padma. The holy Ashvamedha sacrifice does not take place at all in the Kali age —

Verse 15 (padma.2.125.15)

पुराणं चापि यत्तद्वदश्वमेधसमं किल । अश्वमेधस्य यत्पुण्यं स्वर्गमोक्षफलप्रदम्

purāṇaṁ cāpi yattadvadaśvamedhasamaṁ kila aśvamedhasya yatpuṇyaṁ svargamokṣaphalapradam

— but this Purana too is said to be its very equal. The merit of the Ashvamedha, which grants the fruit of both heaven and liberation,

Verse 16 (padma.2.125.16)

न भुंजंति नराः पापाः पापमार्गेषु संस्थिताः । पुराणस्यास्य पुण्यस्य पद्मसंज्ञस्य सत्तम

na bhuṁjaṁti narāḥ pāpāḥ pāpamārgeṣu saṁsthitāḥ purāṇasyāsya puṇyasya padmasaṁjñasya sattama

— that fruit sinful men, fixed upon paths of sin, cannot enjoy. This merit, worthy one, of the holy Purana named Padma —

Verse 17 (padma.2.125.17)

अश्वमेधसमं पुण्यं न भुंजंति कलौ नराः । कलौ युगे नरैः पापैर्गंतव्यं नरकार्णवम्

aśvamedhasamaṁ puṇyaṁ na bhuṁjaṁti kalau narāḥ kalau yuge naraiḥ pāpairgaṁtavyaṁ narakārṇavam

— equal to the Ashvamedha itself — men in Kali cannot freely enjoy. In the age of Kali, sinful men must go to the very ocean of hell.

Verse 18 (padma.2.125.18)

कस्माच्छ्रोष्यंति तत्पुण्यं चतुर्वर्गप्रसाधनम् । येन श्रुतमिदं पुण्यं पुराणं पद्मसंज्ञकम्

kasmācchroṣyaṁti tatpuṇyaṁ caturvargaprasādhanam yena śrutamidaṁ puṇyaṁ purāṇaṁ padmasaṁjñakam

Why should they hear that merit, which accomplishes the fourfold goal of life? By whomever this holy Purana, named Padma, is heard,

Verse 19 (padma.2.125.19)

सर्वं हि साधितं तेन चतुर्वर्गस्य साधनम् । अश्वमेधादयो यज्ञास्तस्मान्नष्टा महामते

sarvaṁ hi sādhitaṁ tena caturvargasya sādhanam aśvamedhādayo yajñāstasmānnaṣṭā mahāmate

— by him alone the whole accomplishment of the fourfold goal is achieved. It is for this reason, great-minded one, that sacrifices beginning with the Ashvamedha have vanished —

Verse 20 (padma.2.125.20)

कलौ युगे गताः स्वर्गे सवेदाः सांगसस्वराः । यः कोपि सत्वसंपन्नः श्रद्धावान्भगवत्परः

kalau yuge gatāḥ svarge savedāḥ sāṁgasasvarāḥ yaḥ kopi satvasaṁpannaḥ śraddhāvānbhagavatparaḥ

— gone to heaven in the Kali age, together with the Vedas, their auxiliary sciences and their proper intonation. Whoever, endowed with goodness, full of faith, devoted wholly to the Lord —

Verse 21 (padma.2.125.21)

श्रोतुमिच्छति धर्मात्मा सपुत्रो भार्यया सह । श्रवणार्थं महाश्रद्धा पूर्वं तस्य प्रजायते

śrotumicchati dharmātmā saputro bhāryayā saha śravaṇārthaṁ mahāśraddhā pūrvaṁ tasya prajāyate

— that righteous man wishes to hear it, together with his sons and his wife — for him, first, a great faith for the hearing of it arises.

Verse 22 (padma.2.125.22)

शृण्वानस्य नरस्यापि महाविघ्नो न संचरेत् । अश्रद्धा जायते पूर्वं पाठकस्य नरस्य च

śṛṇvānasya narasyāpi mahāvighno na saṁcaret aśraddhā jāyate pūrvaṁ pāṭhakasya narasya ca

For such a listening man, no great obstacle passes through his path. But in a faithless reciter and listener, faithlessness arises first —

Verse 23 (padma.2.125.23)

लोभश्च जायते तस्य शृण्वानस्य द्विजोत्तम । प्रेषितो विष्णुदेवेन महामोहः स दारुणः

lobhaśca jāyate tasya śṛṇvānasya dvijottama preṣito viṣṇudevena mahāmohaḥ sa dāruṇaḥ

— O best of the twice-born, greed too arises in that listener. That terrible great delusion, sent forth by the god Vishnu himself —

Verse 24 (padma.2.125.24)

अकरोत्स विनाशं तु शृण्वतश्चास्य नित्यशः । दूषकाः कुत्सकाः पापाः संभवंति दिने दिने

akarotsa vināśaṁ tu śṛṇvataścāsya nityaśaḥ dūṣakāḥ kutsakāḥ pāpāḥ saṁbhavaṁti dine dine

— continually brings about the ruin of that very listener. Detractors, scoffers, and sinners come into being day after day.

Verse 25 (padma.2.125.25)

ज्ञातव्यं तु सुबुद्धेन विघ्नरूपं ममाधुना । संजातं दृश्यते व्यास तथा होमं समाचरेत्

jñātavyaṁ tu subuddhena vighnarūpaṁ mamādhunā saṁjātaṁ dṛśyate vyāsa tathā homaṁ samācaret

This should be understood by the wise: 'This, now, is the very form of an obstacle arisen upon me' — thus, Vyasa, should it be recognized, and then a homa should be performed —

Verse 26 (padma.2.125.26)

वैष्णवैश्च महामंत्रैर्विष्णुसूक्तैः सुपुण्यदैः । विष्णोरराटमंत्रेण सहस्रशीर्षकेण च

vaiṣṇavaiśca mahāmaṁtrairviṣṇusūktaiḥ supuṇyadaiḥ viṣṇorarāṭamaṁtreṇa sahasraśīrṣakeṇa ca

— with the great Vaishnava mantras, with holy, merit-bestowing Vishnu-hymns, with Vishnu's own Arāṭa-mantra, and with the Sahasrashirsha hymn —

Verse 27 (padma.2.125.27)

इदं विष्णु सुमंत्रेण आब्रह्मेण पुनः पुनः । त्र्यंबकेन च मंत्रेण होममेवं समाचरेत्

idaṁ viṣṇu sumaṁtreṇa ābrahmeṇa punaḥ punaḥ tryaṁbakena ca maṁtreṇa homamevaṁ samācaret

— with this excellent Vishnu-mantra, and again and again with the 'A-Brahma' mantra, and with the Tryambaka mantra too — thus should the homa be performed,

Verse 28 (padma.2.125.28)

बृहत्साम्ना सुमंत्रेण द्वादशाक्षरकेण च । यस्य देवस्य यो होमस्तस्य मंत्रेण होमयेत्

bṛhatsāmnā sumaṁtreṇa dvādaśākṣarakeṇa ca yasya devasya yo homastasya maṁtreṇa homayet

— with the excellent Brihat-sama hymn, and with the twelve-syllabled mantra too. For whichever deity the homa is to be offered, it should be offered with that very deity's own mantra.

Verse 29 (padma.2.125.29)

अष्टोत्तरतिलाज्यैश्च पालाशैः समिधैरपि । ग्रहाणामपि कर्त्तव्यं स्थापनं पूजनं द्विज

aṣṭottaratilājyaiśca pālāśaiḥ samidhairapi grahāṇāmapi karttavyaṁ sthāpanaṁ pūjanaṁ dvija

With sesame and ghee, one hundred and eight times, and with palasha twigs as fuel too — the installation and worship of the planets should also be performed, brahmin.

Verse 30 (padma.2.125.30)

विघ्नेशं पूजयेत्तत्र शारदां च सुरेश्वरीम् । जातवेदां महामायां चंडिकां क्षेत्रनायकम्

vighneśaṁ pūjayettatra śāradāṁ ca sureśvarīm jātavedāṁ mahāmāyāṁ caṁḍikāṁ kṣetranāyakam

There Vighnesha (Ganesha) should be worshipped, and Sharada, sovereign of the gods, and the fire-god Jatavedas, and the great Mahamaya Chandika, and the guardian deity of the sacred site too —

Verse 31 (padma.2.125.31)

तिलैश्च तंदुलैराज्यैस्तेषां मंत्रसमुद्यतैः । एवं होमः प्रकर्त्तव्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददेद्धनम्

tilaiśca taṁdulairājyaisteṣāṁ maṁtrasamudyataiḥ evaṁ homaḥ prakarttavyo brāhmaṇebhyo dadeddhanam

— with sesame, rice-grains and ghee, offered up together with their own proper mantras. Thus should the homa be performed, and wealth should be given to the brahmins,

Verse 32 (padma.2.125.32)

यथासंभाविकां तात दक्षिणां धेनुसंयुताम् । ततो विघ्नाः प्रणश्यंति पुराणं सिद्धिमाप्नुयात्

yathāsaṁbhāvikāṁ tāta dakṣiṇāṁ dhenusaṁyutām tato vighnāḥ praṇaśyaṁti purāṇaṁ siddhimāpnuyāt

my child, together with a fitting fee, and a cow, as far as one is able. Then the obstacles are destroyed, and the Purana attains its full accomplishment.

Verse 33 (padma.2.125.33)

एवं न कुरुते यो हि तस्य विघ्नं वदाम्यहम् । तस्यांगे जायते रोगो बहुपीडाप्रदायकः

evaṁ na kurute yo hi tasya vighnaṁ vadāmyaham tasyāṁge jāyate rogo bahupīḍāpradāyakaḥ

Whoever does not do this, his obstacle I shall now tell: in his body arises disease, bringing much affliction.

Verse 34 (padma.2.125.34)

भार्या शोकः पुत्रशोको धनहानिः प्रजायते । नानाविधान्महारोगान्भुंजते नात्र संशयः

bhāryā śokaḥ putraśoko dhanahāniḥ prajāyate nānāvidhānmahārogānbhuṁjate nātra saṁśayaḥ

Grief for his wife, grief for his son, and loss of wealth come upon him. He suffers various great diseases, of this there is no doubt.

Verse 35 (padma.2.125.35)

यस्य गेहे नास्ति वित्तमुपवासं समाचरेत् । एकादशीं सुसंप्राप्य पूजयेन्मधुसूदनम्

yasya gehe nāsti vittamupavāsaṁ samācaret ekādaśīṁ susaṁprāpya pūjayenmadhusūdanam

Whoever has no wealth in his house should observe a fast; having duly reached the eleventh lunar day, he should worship Madhusudana,

Verse 36 (padma.2.125.36)

षोडशैश्चोपचारैश्च भावयुक्तेन चेतसा । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाद्यथावित्तानुसारतः

ṣoḍaśaiścopacāraiśca bhāvayuktena cetasā brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādyathāvittānusārataḥ

— with the sixteen forms of ritual attendance, with a heart full of true devotion; and after that, according to his means, he should feed the brahmins,

Verse 37 (padma.2.125.37)

केशवाय ततो दत्वा संकल्पं हविषान्वितम् । स्वयं कुर्यात्ततः प्राज्ञो भोजनं सह बांधवैः

keśavāya tato datvā saṁkalpaṁ haviṣānvitam svayaṁ kuryāttataḥ prājño bhojanaṁ saha bāṁdhavaiḥ

and then, having offered his resolve to Keshava together with the oblation, that wise man should himself then eat, together with his kinsmen.

Verse 38 (padma.2.125.38)

पुत्रैस्तु भार्यया युक्तस्ततः सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात् । पुराणसंहितापूर्णा श्रोतव्या धर्मतत्परैः

putraistu bhāryayā yuktastataḥ siddhimavāpnuyāt purāṇasaṁhitāpūrṇā śrotavyā dharmatatparaiḥ

Together with his sons and his wife, he then obtains the full accomplishment. This complete collection of the Purana should be heard by those devoted to dharma —

Verse 39 (padma.2.125.39)

चतुर्वर्गस्य वै सिद्धिर्जायते तस्य नान्यथा । सपादं लक्षमेकं तु ब्रह्माख्यं पुष्करं शृणु

caturvargasya vai siddhirjāyate tasya nānyathā sapādaṁ lakṣamekaṁ tu brahmākhyaṁ puṣkaraṁ śṛṇu

— for such a one alone is the accomplishment of the fourfold goal, and not otherwise. Hear now the count called Brahma's own — one lakh and a quarter of verses —

Verse 40 (padma.2.125.40)

कृते युगे तु निष्पापाः शृण्वंति मनुजा द्विज । लक्षस्यार्द्धं ततः कृत्स्नं पुराणं पद्मसंज्ञकम्

kṛte yuge tu niṣpāpāḥ śṛṇvaṁti manujā dvija lakṣasyārddhaṁ tataḥ kṛtsnaṁ purāṇaṁ padmasaṁjñakam

— in the Krita age, sinless men, brahmin, hear it in full. After that, half a lakh — this entire Purana named Padma —

Verse 41 (padma.2.125.41)

श्लोकानां तु सहस्राभ्यां द्वाभ्यामेव तथाधिकम् । त्रेतायुगे तथा प्राप्ते यदा श्रोष्यंति मानवाः

ślokānāṁ tu sahasrābhyāṁ dvābhyāmeva tathādhikam tretāyuge tathā prāpte yadā śroṣyaṁti mānavāḥ

— together with two thousand verses more besides — in the Treta age, when men come to hear it thus.

Verse 42 (padma.2.125.42)

चतुर्वर्गफलं भुक्त्वा ते यास्यंति हरिं पुनः । द्वाविंशतिसहस्राणि संहितापद्मसंज्ञिता

caturvargaphalaṁ bhuktvā te yāsyaṁti hariṁ punaḥ dvāviṁśatisahasrāṇi saṁhitāpadmasaṁjñitā

Having enjoyed the fruit of the fourfold goal, they attain Hari once more. Twenty-two thousand verses — the collection called Padma —

Verse 43 (padma.2.125.43)

द्वापरे कथिता विप्र ब्रह्मणा परमात्मना । द्वादशैव सहस्राणां पद्माख्या सा तु संहिता

dvāpare kathitā vipra brahmaṇā paramātmanā dvādaśaiva sahasrāṇāṁ padmākhyā sā tu saṁhitā

— was told, brahmin, in the Dvapara age, by Brahma, the Supreme Self. That collection called Padma, of only twelve thousand verses —

Verse 44 (padma.2.125.44)

कलौ युगे पठिष्यंति मानवा विष्णुतत्पराः । एकोर्थश्चैकभावश्च चतुर्ष्वपि प्रवर्तितः

kalau yuge paṭhiṣyaṁti mānavā viṣṇutatparāḥ ekorthaścaikabhāvaśca caturṣvapi pravartitaḥ

— that men devoted to Vishnu shall recite in the Kali age. One meaning, one essential sense, holds equally true across all four ages,

Verse 45 (padma.2.125.45)

संहितास्वेव विप्रेंद्र शेषाख्यानप्रविस्तरः । द्वादशैव सहस्राणि नाशं यास्यंति सत्तम

saṁhitāsveva vipreṁdra śeṣākhyānapravistaraḥ dvādaśaiva sahasrāṇi nāśaṁ yāsyaṁti sattama

— yet, O foremost of brahmins, within these very collections, the wider elaboration of the remaining secondary tales, twelve thousand verses in all, shall pass into loss, worthy one.

Verse 46 (padma.2.125.46)

कलौ युगे तु संप्राप्ते प्रथमं हि भविष्यति । भूमिखंडं नरः श्रुत्वासर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

kalau yuge tu saṁprāpte prathamaṁ hi bhaviṣyati bhūmikhaṁḍaṁ naraḥ śrutvāsarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

When the Kali age has fully arrived, this shall come to pass first of all: a man, having heard this Bhumikhanda, is freed from every sin,

Verse 47 (padma.2.125.47)

मुच्यते सर्वदुःखेभ्यः सर्वरोगैः प्रमुच्यते । अन्यत्सर्वं परित्यज्य जपं दानं तथा श्रुतम्

mucyate sarvaduḥkhebhyaḥ sarvarogaiḥ pramucyate anyatsarvaṁ parityajya japaṁ dānaṁ tathā śrutam

— he is freed from every sorrow, freed from every disease. Setting aside everything else — japa, giving, and other forms of learning —

Verse 48 (padma.2.125.48)

श्रोतव्यं हि प्रयत्नेन पद्माख्यं पापनाशनम् । प्रथमं सृष्टिखंडं तु द्वितीयं भूमिखंडकम्

śrotavyaṁ hi prayatnena padmākhyaṁ pāpanāśanam prathamaṁ sṛṣṭikhaṁḍaṁ tu dvitīyaṁ bhūmikhaṁḍakam

— this sin-destroying work, named Padma, alone should be heard with true effort. The first is the Srishti-khanda, the second this Bhumi-khanda,

Verse 49 (padma.2.125.49)

तृतीयं स्वर्गखंडं च पातालं तु चतुर्थकम् । पंचमं चोत्तरं खंडं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

tṛtīyaṁ svargakhaṁḍaṁ ca pātālaṁ tu caturthakam paṁcamaṁ cottaraṁ khaṁḍaṁ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

the third the Svarga-khanda, and the fourth the Patala-khanda; the fifth, the Uttara-khanda, a destroyer of every sin.

Verse 50 (padma.2.125.50)

यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या पंचखंडान्यनुक्रमात् । गोप्रदानसहस्रस्य मानवो लभते फलम्

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā paṁcakhaṁḍānyanukramāt gopradānasahasrasya mānavo labhate phalam

Whatever man hears, with devotion, all five khandas in their proper order, that man obtains the fruit of the gift of a thousand cows.

Verse 51 (padma.2.125.51)

महाभाग्येन लभ्यंते पंचखंडानि भूसुराः । श्रुतानि मोक्षदानि स्युः सत्यं सत्यं न संशयः

mahābhāgyena labhyaṁte paṁcakhaṁḍāni bhūsurāḥ śrutāni mokṣadāni syuḥ satyaṁ satyaṁ na saṁśayaḥ

By the greatest good fortune alone do brahmins, the gods of this earth, obtain these five khandas; once heard, they prove to be bestowers of liberation — this is true, this is true, without any doubt.