#1 Benefits of watering Tulsi devi or offering her to Krishna
Ya drista nikjila agha sangha samani sprista vapuh pavani
Roganam abhivandita nirasini siktantaka trasini
Pratya satti vidhayini bhagavatah krishnasya samropita
Nyasta taccarane vimukti phalada tasyai namah
(Skanda Purana)
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O Tulsi, simply by looking at you, all sins are removed, simply by touching you, one’s body becomes pure. By praying to you, all diseases are removed. If one waters Tulsi, his fear of Yamaraja is eliminated. Just by planting or transplanting Tulsi, one achieves nearness to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one offers Tulsi at the lotus feet of Lord Krishna, she awards that person with liberation and devotion to Krishna. Therefore I pay my humble obeisances to the wonderful Tulsi devi.
#2 Benefits of circumambulating Tulsi devi
Pradaksinam bhramitva ye namaskurvanti nityasah
Ne tesam duritam kichid aksinam avasisyate
(Agastya samhita)
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If someone circumambulates Tulsi daily and pays obeisances to her, there are no more sins to be destroyed in him.
#3 Who resides in the forest of Tulsi ?
Hitva tirtha sahasrani sarvan api siloccayan
Tulsi kanane nityam kalau tisthati kesavah
(Skanda Purana)
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In Kali Yuga, Lord Keshava (Krishna) after giving up thousands of pious days and holy places of pilgrimage, resides in the forest of Tulsi devi.
#4 Nine kinds of services to Tulsi devi
dristva spristva tatha dhyata kirtita namita srita
Ropita sevita nityam pujita Tulsi subha
Navadha Tulsim nityam ye bhajanti dine dine
Yuga koti sahasrani te vasanti harer grihe
(Skanda Purana)
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Any person who daily sees Tulsi, touches Tulsi, chants Tulsi’s prayers, meditates on Tulsi devi, pays respects to her, hears about her, transplants, waters, and worships her, achieves all auspiciousness. Any person who does these nine kinds of service goes to the abode of the Supreme Lord Hari and stays there eternally.
#5 Yamaraja and Yamadutas on worshipers of Tulsi
Tulasy alankrita ye ye Tulsi nama japakah
Tulsi vana palaye te tyajya durato bhatah
(Skanda Purana, Kasi Khanda)
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(Yamaraja instructs his messengers) One who is adorned with Tulsi wood, chants her holy name, or one who protects a Tulsi forest, you should refrain from bringing such persons to my abode.
Yad grihe Tulsi bhati raksabhir jalasecanaih
Tad griham yama dutas ca durato varjayanti hi
(Padma Purana, kartika mahatmya)
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Any house where Tulsi Maharani is very carefully protected and watered, the messengers of Yamaraja give up that house from afar.
#6 Removing dirt from Tulsi
Trinani Tulsi mulat yavantyapahinoti vai
Tavattir brahma hatya hi chinaty eva nasamsayah
(Brhan Naradiya Purana)
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One who removes the straw or dirt from the root of Tulsi devi is purified. As many as he has removed, that many sinful reactions of killing brahmanas will be removed from him without a doubt.
#7 Leaves, Flowers, Branches, Bark, Fruits, etc of Tulsi are all completely purified
Patram pushpam phalam kastham tvat sakha pallavankuram
Tulsi sambhavam mulam pavanam mrttikady api
(Prahlada Samhita and Vishnu dharmottara)
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Leaves, flowers, fruits, branches, bark, sprouts, blossoms or buds of Tulsi, and clay of Tulsi are all fully purified.
#8 Importance of planting Tulsi in one’s house
yasmin grhe dvija srestha Tulsimula mrttika
sarvada tisthate dehe devata na sa manusa
Tulsi mrttika yatra kastham patran ca vesmani
tisthate muni sardula niscalam vaisnava padam
(Skanda Purana -conversation between Lord Brahma and Narada Muni)
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O best of the brahmanas, if the mud from the Tulsi plant is present in one’s house or one’s body, then they are not just men but are equal to the demigods. Oh best among the sages, if the clay of Tulsi, Tulsi wood, and Tulsi leaves present in one’s residence then that house is certainly a place of Lord Vishnu.
#9 Tulsi is dear to Lord Rama
Vishnos trailokya nathasya ramasya janakatmaja
Priya tathaiva Tulsi sarva lokaika pavani
(Agastya Samhita)
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As the daughter of janaka, Sri Sitadevi, is very dear to Lord Rama, the master of the three worlds, similarly, Tulsi devi, who purifies the entire world, is very dear to him.
#10 Both demigods and demons worship Tulsi
nirmita tvam pura devair arcita tvam surasuraih Tulsi hara me papam pujam grhna namostute
(skanda purana)
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O Tulsi ! you had previously appeared in this world due to the demigods. The demigods and demons worship you together. Please eradicate all of my sins. I pay my respectful obeisances unto you.