From StotraSamhita

||gItAmAhAtmyam||

dharOvAca

bhagavan paramEzAna bhaktiravyabhicAriNI| prArabdhaM bhujyamAnasya kathaM bhavati hE prabhO||1||

zrI viSNuruvAca

prArabdhaM bhujyamAnO hi gItAbhyAsarataH sadA| sa muktaH sa sukhI lOkE karmaNA nOpalipyatE||2||

mahApApAdipApAni gItAdhyAnaM karOti cEt| kvacit sparzaM na kurvanti nalinIdalamambuvat||3||

gItAyAH pustakaM yatra yatra pAThaH pravartatE| tatra sarvANi tIrthAni prayAgAdIni tatra vai||4||

sarvE dEvAzca RSayO yOginaH pannagAzca yE|

gOpAlA gOpikA vA'pi nAradOddhavapArSadaiH| sahAyO jAyatE zIghraM yatra gItA pravartatE||5||

yatra gItAvicArazca paThanaM pAThanaM zrutam| tatrAhaM nizcitaM pRthvi nivasAmi sadaiva hi||6||

gItAzrayE'haM tiSThAmi gItA mE cOttamaM gRham| gItAjJAnamupAzritya trI^llOkAn pAlayAmyaham||7||

gItA mE paramA vidyA brahmarUpA na saMzayaH| ardhamAtrAkSarA nityA svAnirvAcyapadAtmikA||8||

cidAnandEna kRSNEna prOktA svamukhatO'rjunam| vEdatrayI parAnandA tattvArthajJAnasaMyutA||9||

yO'STAdazajapO nityaM narO nizcalamAnasaH| jJAnasiddhiM sa labhatE tatO yAti paraM padam||10||

pAThE'samarthaH sampUrNE tatO'rdhaM pAThamAcarEt| tadA gOdAnajaM puNyaM labhatE nAtra saMzayaH||11||

tribhAgaM paThamAnastu gaGgAsnAnaphalaM labhEt| SaDaMzaM japamAnastu sOmayAgaphalaM labhEt||12||

EkAdhyAyaM tu yO nityaM paThatE bhaktisaMyutaH| rudralOkamavApnOti gaNO bhUtvA vasEcciram||13||

adhyAyaM zlOkapAdaM vA nityaM yaH paThatE naraH| sa yAti naratAM yAvanmanvantaraM vasundharE||14||

gItAyAH zlOkadazakaM sapta paJca catuSTayam| dvau trInEkaM tadardhaM vA zlOkAnAM yaH paThEnnaraH||15||

candralOkamavApnOti varSANAmayutaM dhruvam| gItApAThasamAyuktO mRtO mAnuSatAM vrajEt||16||

gItAbhyAsaM punaH kRtvA labhatE muktimuttamAm| gItEtyuccArasaMyuktO mriyamANO gatiM labhEt||17||

gItArthazravaNAsaktO mahApApayutO'pi vA| vaikuNThaM samavApnOti viSNunA saha mOdatE||18||

gItArthaM dhyAyatE nityaM kRtvA karmANi bhUrizaH| jIvanmuktaH sa vijJEyO dEhAntE paramaM padam||19||

gItAmAzritya bahavO bhUbhujO janakAdayaH| nirdhUtakalmaSA lOkE gItAyAtAH paraM padam||20||

gItAyAH paThanaM kRtvA mAhAtmyaM naiva yaH paThEt| vRthA pAThO bhavEttasya zrama Eva hyudAhRtaH||21||

EtanmAhAtmyasaMyuktaM gItAbhyAsaM karOti yaH| sa tat phalamavApnOti durlabhAM gatimApnuyAt||22||

sUta uvAca

mAhAtmyamEtadgItAyA mayA prOktaM sanAtanam| gItAntE ca paThEdyastu yaduktaM tatphalaM labhEt||23||

||iti zrIvArAhapurANE zrIgItAmAhAtmyaM sampUrNam||