Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110
न ज्वरो न च संतापो दुःखं च न वियोगजम् । अशोकवर्तिदानेन कुलानामेकविंशतिः
na jvaro na ca saṃtāpo duḥkhaṃ ca na viyogajam | aśokavartidānena kulānāmekaviṃśatiḥ
Il n’y a ni fièvre, ni brûlure d’affliction, ni chagrin né de la séparation. Par le don de l’aśoka-varti, vingt et une générations de la famille en reçoivent le bienfait.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: At Somnātha/Prabhāsa, a devotee offers aśoka-varti for lighting lamps; the scene shifts to a calm family free from fever and separation-grief, with a lineage tree motif indicating twenty-one generations blessed.
FAQs
Charity performed as sacred offering is extolled as removing suffering and uplifting one’s lineage.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
The gifting of the aśoka-varti is prescribed, with stated benefits including relief from afflictions and lineage uplift.