Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19
स्नानं दानं जपो होमः स्वाध्यायो देवतार्चनम् । यत्कृतं शुद्धभावेन तत्सर्वं सफलं भवेत्
snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam | yatkṛtaṃ śuddhabhāvena tatsarvaṃ saphalaṃ bhavet
Bain rituel, don, japa, homa, étude sacrée et adoration de la divinité : tout ce qui est accompli avec une intention purifiée devient pleinement fécond.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā tīrthas (general instruction)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual)
Scene: A montage-like sacred scene: a pilgrim bathing in the river, offering alms, counting japa beads, tending a small homa fire, reading scripture, and offering flowers at a shrine—unified by a calm, luminous aura of pure intention.
FAQs
Inner purity (śuddha-bhāva) is the decisive factor that makes all religious acts bear fruit.
The teaching is delivered in the Dārutīrtha context within Revā Khaṇḍa, applying to practices performed there.
Snāna, dāna, japa, homa, svādhyāya, and devatā-arcana—performed with śuddha-bhāva.