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Shiva Purana

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सप्तस्वपि च वारेषु दशभ्यश्च दशांगकम् । अन्नं दत्त्वा शतं वर्षमारोग्यादिकमश्नुते ३१ ।

If in this manner he gives food on all the seven days to ten brahmins he secures good health and all other benefits for a hundred years.

english translation

एवं शतेभ्यो विप्रेभ्यो भानुवारे ददन्नरः । सहस्रवर्षमारोग्यं शर्वलोके समश्नुते ३२ ।

Similarly he who gives cooked rice in this manner to hundred brahmins on Sunday secures good health in Śivaloka for a thousand years.

english translation

सहस्रेभ्यस्तथा दत्त्वाऽयुतवर्षं समश्नुते । एवं सोमादिवारेषु विज्ञेयं हि विपश्चिता ३३ ।

If he gives the same for a thousand brahmins he secures the benefit for ten thousand years. Similarly the benefit accrued for gifts on Monday and other days can be understood by a thoughtful man.

english translation

भानुवारे सहस्राणां गायत्रीपूतचेतसाम् । अन्नं दत्त्वा सत्यलोके ह्यारोग्यादि समश्नुते ३४ ।

By giving food to a thousand brahmins whose minds have been purified by Gāyatrī, on Sunday, the devotee attains good health and other benefits in Satyaloka.

english translation

अयुतानां तथा दत्त्वा विष्णुलोके समश्नुते । अन्नं दत्त्वा तु लक्षाणां रुद्र लोके समश्नुते ३५ ।

By giving food to ten thousand persons he secures the benefits in Viṣṇuloka. By giving it to a hundred thousand persons he derives benefits in Rudraloka.

english translation