Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
तत्र तीर्थे तु यो दानं शक्तिमाश्रित्य चाचरेत् । तदक्षय्यफलं सर्वं जायते पाण्डुनन्दन
tatra tīrthe tu yo dānaṃ śaktimāśritya cācaret | tadakṣayyaphalaṃ sarvaṃ jāyate pāṇḍunandana
في ذلك التيرثا (tīrtha)، من قدّم الصدقةَ بحسب طاقته، صار ثوابُها كلُّه غيرَ فانٍ، يا ابنَ پاندو.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pāṇḍunandana
Scene: At a river ghat, a pilgrim offers food and cloth to a needy traveler and a brahmin; above, a symbolic ‘akṣaya’ pot (pūrṇa-kumbha) glows, indicating imperishable fruit.
FAQs
Giving with sincerity and within one’s means, especially at a sacred place, is praised as yielding enduring spiritual merit.
The same tīrtha in the Bhīmeśvara context is implied; it is presented as a place where dāna becomes akṣaya (imperishable).
Dāna (charity/gifting) performed in proportion to one’s capacity at the tīrtha.