Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12
तत्र यद्दीयते किचिद्दानं श्रद्धासमन्वितम् । अक्षयं तद्भवेत्सर्वमिह लोके परत्र च
tatra yaddīyate kiciddānaṃ śraddhāsamanvitam | akṣayaṃ tadbhavetsarvamiha loke paratra ca
Welche Gabe man dort im Glauben spendet, die wird unvergänglich: Sie trägt unfehlbare Frucht in dieser Welt und in der jenseitigen.
Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa narrative context; exact speaker not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim offers charity at a tīrtha—food and cloth to the needy or to priests—while Hari’s presence sanctifies the act; the merit shown as an unending stream of light extending to both worlds.
FAQs
Charity becomes spiritually ‘undiminishing’ when offered with faith in a consecrated sacred geography.
The tīrtha within Dharmāraṇya described in Adhyāya 26, where gifts are said to become akṣaya (imperishable).
Dāna (charitable giving) performed with śraddhā (faith).