Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
नरो दत्त्वा सुवर्णं चापि वालाग्रमात्रकम् । तत्र तीर्थे दिवं याति मृतो नास्त्यत्र संशयः
naro dattvā suvarṇaṃ cāpi vālāgramātrakam | tatra tīrthe divaṃ yāti mṛto nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ
Même si un homme ne donne en ce tīrtha qu’une quantité d’or grande comme la pointe d’un cheveu, à sa mort il va au ciel : là-dessus, nul doute.
Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrative voice)
Type: ghat
Scene: A devotee offers a tiny speck of gold—barely visible—yet the scene shows a radiant path upward, indicating certain ascent to heaven due to the tīrtha’s power.
FAQs
At a highly sanctified tīrtha, even a small gift given with faith becomes spiritually significant.
Daśakanyā-tīrtha (Revā Khaṇḍa).
Suvarṇa-dāna (gold donation), stressing that even a minute amount yields great fruit at the tīrtha.