English Gita-Glory Skandapuran

Gitamahatmya or Greatness of Srimad Bhagavad Gita

(Skandapuran)


This divine song (Gita) which emanated from the holy lotus mouth of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna Himself, should be regularly sung with devotion. What is the need of studying other scriptures ? (1)

Since Gita embodies all the shastras, gods and dharmas hence studying Gita is indispensable. (2)

One who studies Gita before the Salagram-sila Deity, shall stay in Brahmaloka for thousands of Manvantaras. (3)

A person repeatedly indulging in destroying the world or in stealing, will not be involved in any type of sin if he studies Gita. Moreover he attains all knowledge and obtains the virtue of donating ten thousand cows. (4)

One who daily studies Gita obtains the intrepid foot (of Vishnu). (5)

One who studies one chapter, one verse or even half verse of Gita, he/she shall be liberated from worldly sins and goes to Vishnu Dham. (6)

I am now telling the virtues of that Brahman who regularly studies Sri Krishna's Vishwaroop Yoga & Vibhuti Yoga chapters of Srimad Bhagavad Gita. (7)

Virtue gained by studying all the Vedas, history, Puranas is equalled by studying single verse (of Gita). (8)

The world is pleased by the person who daily studies Vishwarupa & Vibhuti Yoga chapters (of Gita) until the Brahma-stambha (pillar?). (9)

Keshav daily forgives 32 types of sins committed by a Gita scholar. (10)

One who writes Gita and gifts it to a Vaishnav, obtains the virtue of daily worshipping of Sri Hari. (11)

Vishnu extracted the essence of all the four Vedas in the form of Gita for the benefit of the three worlds. (12)

By drinking the Ganges waters of the Gita (i.e. by devotionally reciting the Gita), the divine quintessence (nectar) of the Mahabharata emanating from the holy lotus mouth of Lord Vishnu, one will never take rebirth in the material world again (the cycle of birth and death will be terminated). (13)

Person seeking four types of rewards (dharma, artha, moksha, kama) should daily listen to and study Gita which emanated from the mouth of Lord Krishna. (14)

One who regularly studies Gita, is absolved of all forms of sins and goes to the ultimate destination of Sri Vishnu. (15)

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*Hard Copy Source (Bengali):
"Srimadbhagabadgeeta Mahatmya (Bengali)", compiled by Sri Sanatangopal Das Brahmachari. 6th Edition, 2014 (First Edition 2005). Published by Shyamrup Das Brahmachari & printed by Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, Mayapur-741313, Nadia, West Bengal. © 2014 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

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