Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
ज्येष्ठतीर्थे नरः काश्यां दत्त्वा दानानि शक्तितः । ज्येष्ठान्स्वर्गानवाप्नोति नरो मोक्षं च गच्छति
jyeṣṭhatīrthe naraḥ kāśyāṃ dattvā dānāni śaktitaḥ | jyeṣṭhānsvargānavāpnoti naro mokṣaṃ ca gacchati
នៅទីរថ ជ្យេឋ ក្នុងកាសី អ្នកណាដែលធ្វើទានតាមសមត្ថភាព នឹងទទួលបានសួគ៌ដ៏ខ្ពស់បំផុត—ហើយក៏ឆ្ពោះទៅរក មោក្ខ (mokṣa) ផងដែរ។
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Jyeṣṭha-tīrtha (Kāśī)
Type: tirtha
Scene: At Jyeṣṭha-tīrtha, a pilgrim offers charity—food and cloth—to brāhmaṇas and the needy near a shrine; above, symbolic tiers show radiant svarga and a path of light toward liberation, with Śiva’s presence implied in Kāśī’s skyline.
FAQs
Charity done with sincerity and capacity at a sacred tīrtha yields both worldly merit (svarga) and the higher aim (mokṣa).
Jyeṣṭhatīrtha in Kāśī.
Give dāna (charity) there according to one’s means (śaktitaḥ).