अग्निष्टोमातिरात्राभ्यां शतं शतगुणीकृतम् । प्राप्नोति पुरुषो दत्त्वा यथाशक्त्या ह्यलंकृताम्
agniṣṭomātirātrābhyāṃ śataṃ śataguṇīkṛtam | prāpnoti puruṣo dattvā yathāśaktyā hyalaṃkṛtām
યથાશક્તિ શણગારેલી કન્યાનું દાન કરવાથી પુરુષને અગ્નિષ્ટોમ અને અતિરાત્ર યજ્ઞોના પુણ્યથી પણ વધીને સો પર સો ગણું ફળ પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Agnitīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Rājendra
Scene: A symbolic juxtaposition: on one side a grand soma-yajña arena (Agniṣṭoma/Atirātra), on the other a simple yet radiant kanyā-dāna at Agnitīrtha, with merit depicted as a luminous scale tipping toward the tīrtha act.
Purāṇic dharma often proclaims that sincere dāna and saṃskāra performed rightly can equal or exceed famed Vedic sacrificial merits.
Agnitīrtha (context from the preceding verses in Adhyāya 127).
Give the maiden in marriage with appropriate adornment, proportionate to one’s means (yathāśakti).
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