एकादश्यां गरुत्मंतं कारयित्वा हिरण्मयम्
On the eleventh day, having a golden Garuda made,
पंचाग्न्यभिरते विप्रे पुराणज्ञे विशेषतः
Especially for a Brahmin devoted to the five fires and learned in the Puranas,
गां वृषं महिषीं हेमं सप्तधान्यान्यजाविकम्
He should give a cow, a bull, a she-buffalo, gold, seven kinds of grain, and livestock.
पुष्पाणि च विचित्राणि गंधांश्चोच्चावचान्बहून्
And various beautiful flowers, and many kinds of fragrances, both high and low.
द्वादश्यां द्वादशैतानि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो निवेदयेत्
On the twelfth day, he should offer these twelve things to Brahmins.
इह कीर्तिं परां प्राप्य भुक्त्वा भोगान्यथेप्सितान्
Having attained supreme fame here, and having enjoyed pleasures as desired,
कर्मक्षयादिहाभ्येत्य राजा भवति धार्मिकः
When the effects of karma are exhausted, one comes here and becomes a righteous king.
स्नापयेद्ब्राह्मणांश्चात्र त्रयोदश्यां त्रयोदश ।। 4.193.
Here, on the thirteenth day, he should bathe thirteen Brahmins.
भोजयीत सुमिष्टान्नं दक्षिणां विनिवेदयेत्
He should serve them delicious food and offer them gifts.
धर्मराजाय कालाय चित्रगुप्ताय दंडिने
To Dharmaraja, Kala, Citragupta, and the Punisher,
प्रेतनाथाय रौद्राय तथा वैवस्वताय च
To the Lord of the departed, the fierce one, and also to Vaivasvata,
उच्चार्य श्रद्धया युक्तः प्रणिपत्य विसर्जयेत्
Reciting with devotion, he should bow and respectfully dismiss them.
यमाय स सुखं मर्त्ये स्थित्वा व्याधिविवर्जितः
He happily remains among mortals, free from disease, for Yama.
न पश्यति प्रेतमुखं पितृलोकं स गच्छति
He does not see the face of the departed; he goes to the realm of the ancestors.
महिषं सुशुभं कुंभं चतुर्दश्यां पयोभृतम्
On the fourteenth day, he should offer a splendid buffalo and a pot filled with milk.
घंटाभरणशोभाढ्यं वृषभेण समन्वितम्
Adorned with bell ornaments and accompanied by a bull.
वृषं दत्त्वा नरश्रेष्ठ शिवलोके महीयते
By giving a bull, O best of men, he is honored in the realm of Shiva.
आरोग्यधनसंयुक्ते कुले महति जायते ।। 4.193.
He is born in a great family endowed with health and wealth.
पौर्णमास्यां वृषोत्सर्गं कारयित्वा विधानतः
On the full moon, he should perform the ritual of releasing a bull according to the prescribed method.
पूजयेद्गंधकुसुमैर्नैवेद्यं विनिवेद्य च
He should worship with fragrance and flowers, and offer food as well.
मंत्रेणानेन राजेन्द्र तन्निबोध यथोदितम्
O king, listen as I declare the mantra for this, as stated.
उमा पतेः शिरोरत्नशिवं यच्छ नमोनमः
To the Lord of Uma, the jewel of the head, Shiva, I offer; salutations, salutations.
अप्सरोभिः परिवृतो यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
Surrounded by apsaras, until the great dissolution of beings.
दानान्यमूनि विधिवत्प्रयतिक्रमेण यच्छंति ये द्विजवराय विशुद्धसत्त्वाः
Those pure-hearted ones who give these gifts to the best of twice-born according to the prescribed order.
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराण उत्तरपर्वणि श्रीकृष्णयुधिष्ठिरसंवादे तिथिदानवर्णनं नाम त्रिनवत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Bhavishya Mahapurana, in the Uttaraparva, in the dialogue between Shri Krishna and Yudhishthira, the chapter named 'Description of the Gift of Tithis' is the one hundred and ninety-third after one hundred.
वराहदानविधिवर्णनम् धरण्यै यत्पुरा प्रोक्तं वराहवपुषा मया
The procedure for the Varaha donation is described here; what was formerly spoken by me in the form of Varaha for the earth.
पुण्यं पवित्रमायुष्यं सर्व दानोत्तमोत्तमम्
It is holy, pure, life-giving, and the most excellent among all gifts.
देयं संक्रमणे भानोर्ग्रहणे द्वादशीष्वथ
It should be given at the transition of the sun, during eclipses, or on the twelfth day.
यदा च जायते वित्तं चित्तं श्रद्धासमन्वितम्
Whenever wealth arises, and the mind is accompanied by faith.
कुरुक्षेत्रादितीर्थेषु गंगाद्यासु नदीषु च
At Kurukshetra and other sacred places, and in rivers such as the Ganga.