Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 58
अत्र यः कुरुते दानं यथाशक्त्या जितेन्द्रियः । स स्वर्गमतुलं प्राप्य न शोचति कदाचन
atra yaḥ kurute dānaṃ yathāśaktyā jitendriyaḥ | sa svargamatulaṃ prāpya na śocati kadācana
من تصدّق هنا في هذا الموضع المقدّس على قدر استطاعته، وهو كابحٌ لحواسّه، نال سماءً لا نظير لها، ولا يعتريه حزنٌ في أيّ حين.
Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context—Brahmā addressing Nārada)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Gupta-Hari vicinity)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devas
Scene: A restrained pilgrim offers charity in the sacred city—calm face, controlled senses—receiving a serene, griefless blessing; the atmosphere is ethical and luminous rather than dramatic.
FAQs
Charity done with self-restraint and within one’s means at a holy place yields lasting joy and freedom from sorrow.
Ayodhyā and its sacred precincts, as praised in the Ayodhyāmāhātmya.
Dāna (charitable giving) performed yathāśakti—according to one’s capacity—along with sense-control (jitendriyatā).