Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 91
यावन्ति रोमाणि भवन्ति धेन्वास्तावन्ति वर्षाणि महीयते सः । स्वर्गाच्च्युतश्चापि ततस्त्रिलोक्यां कुले समुत्पत्स्यति गोमतां सः
yāvanti romāṇi bhavanti dhenvāstāvanti varṣāṇi mahīyate saḥ | svargāccyutaścāpi tatastrilokyāṃ kule samutpatsyati gomatāṃ saḥ
So viele Haare die Kuh hat, so viele Jahre wird er im Himmel geehrt. Und selbst nachdem er von dort herabfällt, wird er in den drei Welten in einem an Rindern reichen Geschlecht geboren.
Śaṅkara (Śiva)
Type: kshetra
Listener: rājendra (a king)
Scene: A donor reverently offers a cow (or cow-related charity) at a riverbank tīrtha; above, a celestial scene shows the donor honored in svarga; below, a prosperous pastoral lineage with abundant cattle symbolizes rebirth-fruit.
FAQs
Meritorious charity yields both transcendent reward (svarga) and auspicious worldly outcomes upon return (noble, prosperous rebirth).
The teaching remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-mahātmya frame, where the tīrtha amplifies the fruit of dāna.
It continues the stated results of go-dāna/kapilā-dāna performed according to rite.