Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
यः स्नात्वा रुक्मिणीतीर्थे दानं दद्यात्तु कांचनम् । तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावेन शोकं नाप्नोति मानवः
yaḥ snātvā rukmiṇītīrthe dānaṃ dadyāttu kāṃcanam | tattīrthasya prabhāvena śokaṃ nāpnoti mānavaḥ
Celui qui se baigne au tīrtha de Rukmiṇī puis fait don d’or, par la puissance de ce gué sacré, ne tombe pas dans le chagrin.»
Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, continuing narration to Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: A devotee emerges from the river after snāna and offers gold to a brāhmaṇa/priest on the ghāṭa; the atmosphere is calm, suggesting grief lifted by sacred action.
FAQs
Sacred bathing joined with sincere charity transforms inner suffering; tīrtha-sevā is meant to culminate in dāna and upliftment.
Rukmiṇī Tīrtha, praised within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa (Skanda Purāṇa).
Snāna (bathing) at Rukmiṇī Tīrtha followed by kāñcana-dāna (donation of gold).