Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 112
सर्वाङ्गरुचिरे विप्रे सद्वृत्ते च प्रियंवदे । पूर्णिमायां तु माघस्य कार्त्तिक्यामथ भारत
sarvāṅgarucire vipre sadvṛtte ca priyaṃvade | pūrṇimāyāṃ tu māghasya kārttikyāmatha bhārata
Man bringe die Gabe einem Brāhmaṇa dar, der an Leib und Wesen strahlt, von guter Lebensführung und liebenswürdiger Rede ist, o Bhārata; besonders am Vollmondtag des Monats Māgha, ebenso auch im Monat Kārttika.
Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate narrative context in Revā Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha setting (general)
Type: ghat
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: Full-moon night on a riverbank: lamps, white moonlight, donor offering a ritual gift to a radiant, well-conducted brāhmaṇa with gentle speech; the calendar sanctity is palpable.
FAQs
Sacred timing and worthy recipients intensify the fruits of charity and ritual giving.
The setting is the Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha tradition connected with Cakratīrtha, while the verse highlights calendrical sanctity.
Give to a virtuous, sweet-spoken brāhmaṇa particularly on Māgha Pūrṇimā and during Kārttika.