Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 17
सर्वदानैश्च यत्पुण्यं प्राप्नुयान्नात्र संशयः । सहस्रगुणितं सर्वं नात्र कार्या विचारणा
sarvadānaiśca yatpuṇyaṃ prāpnuyānnātra saṃśayaḥ | sahasraguṇitaṃ sarvaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
Le mérite que l’on obtiendrait par toutes les aumônes, on l’acquiert ici sans aucun doute. Tout y est multiplié au millième ; nul besoin d’en débattre.
Śiva (Śaṅkara)
Type: ghat
Listener: Rājendra (king)
Scene: A pilgrim at a Narmadā ford offers dāna to brāhmaṇas; the river glows as if multiplying the offering’s merit a thousandfold, with subtle divine witnesses in the sky.
FAQs
Sacred places intensify righteous acts; charity performed there yields extraordinarily magnified merit.
The Revā tīrtha being praised in this Adhyāya of Revā Khaṇḍa.
General dāna at the tīrtha, with the teaching that its fruit is amplified (sahasraguṇita).