Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
तीर्थानां च मखानां च द्वापरे सुरसत्तम । फलं भावानुरूपेण दानानां च प्रजायते
tīrthānāṃ ca makhānāṃ ca dvāpare surasattama | phalaṃ bhāvānurūpeṇa dānānāṃ ca prajāyate
Wahai yang termulia di antara para dewa, pada zaman Dvāpara, buah dari mengunjungi tīrtha, melaksanakan makha (yajña), dan memberi dāna lahir sesuai dengan bhāva batin; tiap laku berbuah sebanding dengan iman dan niat sang bhakta.
Unspecified narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: surasattama (addressed deity, likely Indra)
Scene: A pilgrim at a river-ghāṭa offers water and flowers, a sacrificer tends a small altar flame, and a donor gives alms to a worthy recipient; above them a subtle scale balances ‘bhāva’ against ‘phala’, showing fruit rising in proportion to intent.
FAQs
Pilgrimage, sacrifice, and charity yield results in proportion to one’s sincerity and inner intention (bhāva).
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it speaks generally about the fruit of tīrtha-sevā in the Dvāpara age.
Dāna (charitable giving) and makha (sacrifice) are referenced, emphasizing that their fruit depends on the giver’s intention.