Question: As per Srimad Bhagavatam, 12.13.13, it says that if someone donates Srimad Bhagavatam on Bhadra Purnima, they will go back to Goloka. Can a person donate in the name of a person who left the body, and can the person who has left his body also go Back to Godhead?

Guru Maharaj: Interesting question. So, we know that people offer pindi at the Gaya temple. And we have heard, how people can offer the effect of Ekadasi. We can offer the fruit to someone else. So it would seem that one could offer the fruit of the donation of the Srimad Bhagavatam. I don’t have on hand the direct verse saying that. But a son who helps the father from the hellish condition is called the putra. Pu is a hell. And tra means in short, to deliver. Putra means one who delivers the parent from hell. Putri is the female of the same. So, it certainly cannot hurt a person to give such a donation. We hope that they would go to Goloka. Certainly he would be blessed in many ways.
22-Aug-2020 SRI MAYAPUR DHAM, INDIA