Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कानि दानानि विप्रेन्द्र शस्तानि धरणीतले । यानि दत्त्वा नरो भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kāni dānāni viprendra śastāni dharaṇītale | yāni dattvā naro bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ വിപ്രേന്ദ്രാ! ഭൂമിയിൽ ഏതു ഏതു ദാനങ്ങളാണ് പ്രശസ്തവും ശ്രേഷ്ഠവും എന്നു പറയപ്പെടുന്നത്? അവ ഭക്തിയോടെ നൽകിയാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ സർവപാതകങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചിതനാകുമോ?
Yudhiṣṭhira
Listener: A brāhmaṇa authority (addressed as viprendra; within this Revākhaṇḍa frame, typically Mārkaṇḍeya)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, asks a senior brāhmaṇa/sage about the best forms of charity; a didactic court-or-āśrama setting anticipates a detailed dharma exposition.
FAQs
True charity, offered with devotion, is a recognized means for purification from sin in Purāṇic dharma.
The question arises within the Vimaleśvara/Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative setting, though this verse itself is about dāna generally.
An inquiry into which specific forms of dāna are śasta (scripturally praised) for removing pāpa.