Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23
सुवर्णं रजतं वापि मणिं मौक्तिकमेव च । दद्याद्भोज्यं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः स सुखी मोदते दिवि
suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vāpi maṇiṃ mauktikameva ca | dadyādbhojyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sa sukhī modate divi
जो सुवर्ण, रजत, मणी किंवा मोती दान देतो आणि ब्राह्मणांना भोजन अर्पण करतो—तो दाता सुखी होऊन स्वर्गात आनंदित होतो।
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pāṇḍava (addressed in nearby verses)
Scene: A pilgrim at a riverside tīrtha offers bowls of cooked food and gifts (gold, silver, gems, pearls) to seated Brāhmaṇas; the river glimmers behind, suggesting Revā’s sanctity and the promise of heavenly joy.
FAQs
Dāna—especially anna-dāna and honoring worthy recipients—creates puṇya that yields happiness and heavenly reward.
The charity is praised within the Kundaleśvara-tīrtha Māhātmya of the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Dāna of valuables (gold, silver, gems, pearls) and bhojya/anna-dāna to Brāhmaṇas.