Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
राज्ञ्युवाच । दानं दत्तं त्वयोक्तं यद्भर्तृकर्मपरं हि तत् । आजन्मजन्म मे भर्ता भवेद्बाणो द्विजोत्तम
rājñyuvāca | dānaṃ dattaṃ tvayoktaṃ yadbhartṛkarmaparaṃ hi tat | ājanmajanma me bhartā bhavedbāṇo dvijottama
രാജ്ഞി പറഞ്ഞു— “നീ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ ഞാൻ നൽകിയ ദാനം എന്റെ ഭർത്താവിന്റെ ക്ഷേമധർമ്മത്തിനായിട്ടുതന്നെ. ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമാ, ജന്മജന്മാന്തരങ്ങളിലും ബാണൻ തന്നെയാകട്ടെ എന്റെ ഭർത്താവ്।”
Queen (Rājñī)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Revākhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada (direct addressee)
Scene: The queen addresses Nārada with earnestness, declaring her gift was for her husband’s welfare and praying that Bāṇa remain her husband in every birth; Nārada listens compassionately, blessing implied.
FAQs
Charity can be integrated into gṛhastha-dharma when offered with a vow for the spouse’s welfare and spiritual continuity.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it occurs within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting.
Dāna performed according to a sage’s instruction, explicitly dedicated to the husband’s welfare (bhartṛ-karmapara).