Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 89
दानं चैव यथाशक्त्या जयादित्याग्रतः स्थितः । तस्य पुण्यस्य माहात्म्यं शृणुष्वैकमना जय
dānaṃ caiva yathāśaktyā jayādityāgrataḥ sthitaḥ | tasya puṇyasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuṣvaikamanā jaya
Y, de pie ante Jayāditya, debe darse caridad según la propia capacidad. Escucha, con la mente unificada, oh Jaya, la grandeza de ese mérito.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages
Tirtha: Jayāditya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Jaya (explicitly addressed)
Scene: A devotee stands with joined palms before a radiant solar deity (Jayāditya), offering cloth and coins to a priest or needy recipient; behind, a small sanctum lamp glows, and listeners sit ready to hear the māhātmya.
FAQs
Dharma is scalable: sincere giving according to capacity, offered before the deity, becomes spiritually weighty.
The verse centers on Jayāditya’s presence; the passage context connects to Sun tīrthas like Ravikūpa/Koṭitīrtha.
Yathāśakti dāna (charity as one is able) while standing before Jayāditya.