Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 197
त्रिपदं पूर्यतेऽस्माकं वस्तुं नास्त्यत्र संशयः । देहि मे क्रमतो राजन्यावद्भूमिभविष्यति । तावत्संख्या प्रदातव्या यदि दातासि भो बले
tripadaṃ pūryate'smākaṃ vastuṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ | dehi me kramato rājanyāvadbhūmibhaviṣyati | tāvatsaṃkhyā pradātavyā yadi dātāsi bho bale
Nos « trois pas » seront assurément accomplis, sans aucun doute. Donne-les-moi pas à pas, ô Roi, tant que la terre subsistera. Ce compte entier doit être accordé, si tu es vraiment donateur, ô Bali.
Vāmana
Scene: Vāmana declares the certainty of fulfilling ‘three steps’ and asks Bali to grant them step-by-step, invoking the permanence of the earth and the integrity of the giver.
FAQs
Dharma demands fidelity to one’s promise; a gift is sacred when its measure and intent are honored without evasion.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa frames the teaching within Kedāra’s sacred corpus; the verse itself emphasizes vow-keeping rather than a specific tirtha description.
A precise dāna procedure is implied: granting land ‘kramataḥ’ (step by step) according to the promised measure.
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