Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 67
यो ददाति द्विजश्रेष्ठ तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु । तस्य ते द्वादशाब्दानि तृप्तिं यान्ति न संशयः
yo dadāti dvijaśreṣṭha tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu | tasya te dvādaśābdāni tṛptiṃ yānti na saṃśayaḥ
Ô le meilleur des deux-fois-nés, écoute le fruit méritoire de celui qui donne : ses ancêtres obtiennent satisfaction durant douze années—sans aucun doute.
Narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa (traditional attribution: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing ṛṣis)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-śreṣṭha (addressed)
Scene: A patron offers dakṣiṇā; above, ancestors appear content, receiving nourishment/light, with a symbolic ‘twelve-year’ cycle shown as twelve small lotuses or moons.
FAQs
Charity and śrāddha performed rightly generate lasting benefit, bringing sustained peace to one’s ancestral line.
The Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha setting implied by the Revā-khaṇḍa context.
The verse emphasizes the fruit of giving (dāna) connected to śrāddha—resulting in twelve years of ancestral satisfaction.