Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
ऋषय ऊचुः । राशयः पुण्यपुञ्जानां कृता वै तपसां तथा । यज्ञदानव्रतानां च तीर्थानां महतां भुवि
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | rāśayaḥ puṇyapuñjānāṃ kṛtā vai tapasāṃ tathā | yajñadānavratānāṃ ca tīrthānāṃ mahatāṃ bhuvi
ऋषियों ने कहा—पृथ्वी पर पुण्य-समूहों के ढेर संचित हैं; वे तप, तथा यज्ञ, दान और व्रतों से उत्पन्न होते हैं, और (इसी प्रकार) यहाँ महान् तीर्थ भी हैं।
Ṛṣis
Scene: Sages speak in a calm, didactic tone, enumerating the sources of merit on earth—tapas, yajña, dāna, vrata, and the great tīrthas—like a spiritual ledger.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma frames merit as accumulated through disciplined practice (tapas), ritual (yajña), charity (dāna), vows (vrata), and pilgrimage (tīrtha).
No single site is named; the category of ‘great tīrthas on earth’ is praised as a major source and reservoir of puṇya.
It references yajña, dāna, and vrata as dharmic practices (without giving a specific procedure).