Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 128
कार्तिकी फाल्गुनी चैत्री ज्येष्ठे पञ्चदशी सिता । मन्वंतरादयश्चैता दत्तस्याक्षयकारकाः
kārtikī phālgunī caitrī jyeṣṭhe pañcadaśī sitā | manvaṃtarādayaścaitā dattasyākṣayakārakāḥ
કાર્તિક, ફાલ્ગુન અને ચૈત્રની પૂર્ણિમા, તેમજ જ્યેષ્ઠ શુક્લપક્ષની પંદરમી તિથિ; અને મન્વંતરાદિ દિવસો—આ બધાં દાનના ફળને અક્ષય કરનાર કહેવાય છે.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)
Scene: A pilgrim household and ascetics at a riverside tīrtha on a radiant full-moon night, distributing food and cloth; priests recite parva-kāla praises; the moon reflected on water signifies ‘akṣaya’ continuity.
FAQs
Charity offered on specially sanctified occasions yields ‘akṣaya’—enduring, undiminishing spiritual fruit.
No location is named; the emphasis is on sacred calendrical moments like Kārttika Pūrṇimā and Manvantara-days.
Giving (dāna) on these listed full-moons and Manvantara occasions is said to produce inexhaustible merit.