मङ्गलार्थं मङ्गलेशे मङ्गलं देहि मे भवे । सर्वाधारे च सर्वज्ञे सर्वशक्तिसमन्विते
For the sake of auspiciousness, O ruler of auspiciousness, grant me auspiciousness in my life! Support of all, all-knowing, endowed with all powers!
सर्वकामप्रदे देवि सर्वेष्टं देहि मे भवे । पुण्यस्वरूपे पुण्यानां बीजरूपे सनातनि
O goddess, giver of all desires, grant me all that is wished for in my life! Embodiment of merit, seed of all merits, eternal one!
पुण्याश्रये पुण्यवतामालये पुण्यदे भवे । सर्वसस्यालये सर्वसस्याढ्ये सर्वसस्यदे
Refuge of merit, abode of the virtuous, giver of merit in my life! Abode of all crops, rich in all crops, giver of all crops!
सर्वसस्यहरे काले सर्वसस्यात्मिके भवे । भूमे भूमिपसर्वस्वे भूमिपालपरायणे
Remover of all crops at the right time, essence of all crops in my life! O earth, all-possessing for kings, supreme refuge of rulers!
भूमिपानां सुखकरे भूमिं देहि च भूमिदे । इदं स्तोत्रं महापुण्यं प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत्
Giver of happiness to kings, O giver of earth, grant me land! Whoever recites this most meritorious hymn upon rising in the morning—
कोटिजन्मसु स भवेद् बलवान्भूमिपेश्वरः । भूमिदानकृतं पुण्यं लभ्यते पठनाज्जनैः
He becomes a powerful lord of the earth for ten million births; by reciting it, people obtain the merit gained by giving land.
भूमिदानहरात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । अम्बुवाचीभूकरणपापात्स मुच्यते ध्रुवम्
One is freed from the sin of taking land that was given as a gift—of this there is no doubt; and certainly, one is freed from the sin of making land into a water reservoir.
अन्यकूपे कूपखननपापात्स मुच्यते ध्रुवम् । परभूमिहरात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
Certainly, one is freed from the sin of digging a well in another's well; and there is no doubt that one is freed from the sin of taking another's land.
भूमौ वीर्यत्यागपापाद्भूमौ दीपादिस्थापनात् । पापेन मुच्यते सोऽपि स्तोत्रस्य पठनान्मुने
By abandoning semen on the earth, or by placing lamps and such on the ground, one incurs sin; but, O sage, by reciting this hymn, even from that sin one is freed.
अश्वमेधशतं पुण्यं लभते नात्र संशयः । भूमिदेव्या महास्तोत्रं सर्वकल्याणकारकम्
There is no doubt that one attains the merit of a hundred horse sacrifices; the great hymn to the Goddess of the Earth brings about all auspiciousness.
पृथिव्युपाख्याने नरकफलप्राप्तिवर्णनम् नारद उवाच भूमिदानकृतं पुण्यं पापं तद्धरणेन च । परभूहरणात्पापं परकूपे खनने तथा
The account of the earth: the description of the results of attaining hell.
अम्बुवाच्यां भूखनने वीर्यस्य त्याग एव च । दीपादिस्थापनात्पापं श्रोतुमिच्छामि यत्नतः
O Nārada said: The merit from giving land, and the sin from taking it; the sin from taking another's land, and from digging in another's well—
अन्यद्वा पृथिवीजन्यं पापं यत्पृच्छते परम् । यदस्ति तत्प्रतीकारं वद वेदविदांवर
—from making land into a water reservoir, from abandoning semen on the earth, and from placing lamps and such—I wish to hear about these sins in detail.
श्रीनारायण उवाच वितस्तिमात्रभूमिं च यो ददाति च भारते । सन्ध्यापूताय विप्राय स याति शिवमन्दिरम्
Or any other sin arising from the earth, whatever else is asked; if there is any remedy for it, tell me, O best of those who know the Vedas.
भूमिं च सर्वसस्याढ्यां ब्राह्मणाय ददाति च । भूमिरेणुप्रमाणाब्दमन्ते विष्णुपदे स्थितिः
Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Whoever gives a piece of land the measure of a span in Bhārata to a brāhmaṇa purified by the twilight rites, he goes to the abode of Śiva.
ग्रामं भूमिं च धान्यं च ब्राह्मणाय ददाति यः । सर्वपापाद्विनिर्मुक्तौ चोभौ देवीपुरःस्थितौ
Whoever gives land full of all crops to a brāhmaṇa, for as many years as there are dust particles on that land, he remains at the feet of Viṣṇu.
भूमिदानं च तत्काले यः साधुश्चानुमोदते । स च प्रयाति वैकुण्ठे मित्रगोत्रसमन्वितः
Whoever gives a village, land, and grain to a brāhmaṇa, both become free from all sin and stand before the Goddess.
स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा ब्रह्मवृत्तिं हरेत्तु यः । स तिष्ठति कालसूत्रे यावच्चन्द्रदिवाकरौ
Whoever, at the time of a land gift, approves of it with a pure heart, he too goes to Vaikuṇṭha along with his family and kin.
तत्युत्रपौत्रप्रभृतिर्भूमिहीनः श्रिया हतः । पुत्रहीनो दरिद्रश्च घोरं याति च रौरवम्
Whoever takes away land given by himself or by another, or the livelihood of brāhmaṇas, he remains bound by the thread of time as long as the moon and sun endure.
गवां मार्गं विनिष्कृष्य यश्च सस्यं ददाति च । दिव्यं वर्षशतं चैव कुम्भीपाके च तिष्ठति
His sons, grandsons, and descendants, deprived of land, are bereft of prosperity; one without sons, poor, goes to the dreadful Raurava hell.
गोष्ठं तडागं निष्कृष्य मार्गे सस्यं ददाति यः । स तिष्ठत्यसिपत्रे च यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
Whoever, after clearing the path of cows, gives crops, he remains for a hundred divine years in the hell called Kumbhīpāka.
पञ्चपिण्डाननुद्धृत्य परकूपे च स्नाति यः । प्राप्नोति नरकं चैव स्नानं निष्फलमेव च
Whoever, after clearing a cowshed or pond, gives crops along the path, he remains on a sword-blade as long as the fourteen Indras reign.
कामी भूमौ च रहसि वीर्यत्यागं करोति यः । भूमिरेणुप्रमाणं च वर्षं तिष्ठति रौरवे
Whoever bathes in another's well without first offering the five balls of rice, he attains hell, and his bath is rendered fruitless.
अम्बुवाच्यां भूकरणं यः करोति च मानवः । स याति कृमिदंशं च स्थितिस्तत्र चतुर्युगम्
A lustful man who secretly emits semen on the earth remains in Raurava hell for a year, for each particle of dust.
परकीये लुप्तकूपे कूपं मूढः करोति यः । पुष्करिण्यां च लुप्तायां पुष्करिणीं ददाति यः
The fool who digs a well in another's abandoned well, or who donates a pond where a pond has already vanished,
सर्वं फलं परस्यैव तप्तकुण्डं व्रजेच्च सः । तत्र तिष्ठति सन्तप्तो यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
All the merit belongs only to the other; he goes to the heated pit and remains there, tormented, for as long as the fourteen Indras exist.
परकीये तडागे च पङ्कमुद्धृत्य चोन्मृजेत् । रेणुप्रमाणवर्षं च ब्रह्मलोके वसेन्नरः
If one cleans mud from another's reservoir and purifies it, he dwells in Brahma's world for as many years as there are grains of dust.
पिण्डं पित्रे भूमिभर्तुर्न प्रदाय च मानवः । श्राद्धं करोति यो मूढो नरकं याति निश्चितम्
The man who, without giving food to the landholder, performs a śrāddha for his father, that fool certainly goes to hell.
भूमौ दीपं योऽर्पयति स चान्धः सप्तजन्मसु । भूमौ शङ्खं च संस्थाप्य कुष्ठं जन्मान्तरे लभेत्
He who offers a lamp on the ground is blind for seven births; placing a conch on the ground, he obtains leprosy in another birth.
मुक्तां माणिक्यहीरौ च सुवर्णं च मणिं तथा । पञ्च संस्थापयेद्भूमौ स चान्धः सप्तजन्मसु
He who places pearls, rubies, diamonds, gold, or gems on the ground is blind for seven births.