Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
वस्त्रापथे मतिर्येषां भवे येषां मतिः स्थिरा । गोदानं तत्र शंसंति ब्राह्मणानां च भोजनम् । पिंडदानं च तत्रैव कल्पांतं तृप्तिमा वहेत्
vastrāpathe matiryeṣāṃ bhave yeṣāṃ matiḥ sthirā | godānaṃ tatra śaṃsaṃti brāhmaṇānāṃ ca bhojanam | piṃḍadānaṃ ca tatraiva kalpāṃtaṃ tṛptimā vahet
যাঁদের মন বস্রাপথে নিবিষ্ট এবং ভবে (শিবে) যাঁদের বুদ্ধি স্থির—সেখানে গোদান ও ব্রাহ্মণভোজন প্রশংসিত। সেখানেই করা পিণ্ডদান যুগান্ত পর্যন্ত তৃপ্তি আনে।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Varavarṇinī (addressed)
Scene: Pilgrims in Vastrāpatha offer a cow in donation, feed brāhmaṇas under a pavilion, and perform piṇḍa offerings near a sacred spot, with Śiva’s shrine in the background.
FAQs
Steady devotion expressed through dāna and service (feeding the learned) becomes especially potent when performed in a praised kṣetra.
Vastrāpatha-kṣetra, connected with Bhava (Śiva) and meritorious rites such as dāna and piṇḍa offerings.
Go-dāna (cow-gift), brāhmaṇa-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas), and piṇḍa-dāna (śrāddha-style offerings) performed at Vastrāpatha.