Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15
वित्तं न्यायार्जितं दत्तं स्वल्पं तत्र महाफलम् । स्नानेनापि हि तत्तीर्थे रुद्रस्यानुचरो भवेत्
vittaṃ nyāyārjitaṃ dattaṃ svalpaṃ tatra mahāphalam | snānenāpi hi tattīrthe rudrasyānucaro bhavet
न्यायाने मिळवलेले धन, जरी थोडे असले तरी, तेथे दान केल्यास महाफळ देते. आणि त्या तीर्थात स्नान केल्यानेही मनुष्य रुद्राचा अनुचर होतो.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya tīrtha (unspecified)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim bathes at a sacred ford, then offers a small but pure donation to a priest/poor person; behind, a subtle vision of Rudra/Śiva indicates the ‘anucara’ blessing.
FAQs
Purity of means and sacred context magnify merit; tīrtha-snāna and righteous charity align one with Rudra’s path.
A Rudra-associated tīrtha within the Dharmāraṇya circuit (the chapter’s described pilgrimage landscape).
Give even small charity from honestly earned wealth, and perform snāna in the specified tīrtha.