Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
दीयमानं तु वै दानं यस्त्यजेत्तीर्थसेवकः । तीर्थं करोति तीर्थं च स पुनाति च पूर्वजान्
dīyamānaṃ tu vai dānaṃ yastyajettīrthasevakaḥ | tīrthaṃ karoti tīrthaṃ ca sa punāti ca pūrvajān
Le serviteur du tīrtha qui refuse l’aumône offerte selon le dharma fait du tīrtha un tīrtha véritable ; et il purifie même ses ancêtres.
Skanda (deduced from section context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the tīrtha, a humble sevaka gently declines an offered gift, hands folded, while pilgrims look on. The tīrtha waters brighten, and a subtle ancestral line behind him is shown becoming purified, indicating pitṛ-uplift.
FAQs
Non-attachment and integrity in holy service sanctify the pilgrimage site and generate ancestral merit.
Prabhāsa-tīrtha, where the character of its servants is presented as part of the site’s greatness.
Regarding dāna: a tīrtha-servant should reject gifts offered in a way that would foster greed or commercialization.