Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
देवतानां गुरूणां च मातापित्रोश्च कामतः । पुण्यदः समवाप्नोति तदेवाष्टगुणं फलम्
devatānāṃ gurūṇāṃ ca mātāpitrośca kāmataḥ | puṇyadaḥ samavāpnoti tadevāṣṭaguṇaṃ phalam
Quiconque, de son plein gré, confère du mérite en l’honneur des Deva, des maîtres, et de sa mère et de son père, obtient ce même fruit multiplié par huit.
Skanda (as narrator of Prabhāsa-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor at Prabhāsa offers gifts with folded hands: first to a deity’s shrine, then to a seated guru, then to parents; an unseen ‘eightfold’ radiance motif suggests multiplied merit.
FAQs
Dedication of one’s charity and worship to devas, gurus, and parents greatly amplifies spiritual merit.
The merit-doctrine is taught within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra tīrtha context.
Offer dāna/puṇya with intentional dedication (saṅkalpa) toward devas, gurus, and parents.