एकं यो भोजयेत्तत्र ब्राह्मणं शंसितव्रतम् । तेनायुतसहस्रं हि भोजितं स्याद्द्विजन्मनाम्
ekaṃ yo bhojayettatra brāhmaṇaṃ śaṃsitavratam | tenāyutasahasraṃ hi bhojitaṃ syāddvijanmanām
Quiconque nourrit là ne fût-ce qu’un seul brāhmaṇa, de discipline louée, par cet acte, c’est comme s’il avait nourri dix mille « deux-fois-nés ».
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Hiraṇyā (context)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A pilgrim serves a single learned Brāhmaṇa with reverence on the riverbank; behind them, a symbolic multitude of Brāhmaṇas appears as a faint visionary echo to show ‘ten thousand’ merit equivalence.
Dāna done at a tīrtha, to a worthy recipient, becomes magnified and supports social and spiritual order.
The Hiraṇyā tīrtha context within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where charity is said to yield multiplied fruit.
Feeding (bhojana/annadāna) of a śaṃsita-vrata brāhmaṇa, credited with the merit of feeding ten thousand dvijas.