दानसारा दयासारा द्यावाभूमिविगाहिनी । दृष्टादृष्टफलप्राप्तिर्देवतावृंदवंदिता
dānasārā dayāsārā dyāvābhūmivigāhinī | dṛṣṭādṛṣṭaphalaprāptirdevatāvṛṃdavaṃditā
ती दान व दयेचा सार आहे, जी द्यावा-भूमीत सर्वत्र व्यापलेली आहे। तिच्यापासून प्रत्यक्ष व अप्रत्यक्ष असे दोन्ही पुण्यफल प्राप्त होते; देवसमूह तिची वंदना-स्तुती करतात।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī (Gaṅgā-tīrtha/ghāṭa-samūha)
Type: ghat
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (Purāṇic audience)
Scene: Personified Gaṅgā as a radiant goddess spanning heaven and earth, attended by deva-gaṇas offering flowers; Kāśī ghāṭas and a shimmering river foreground, with pilgrims giving alms.
Charity and compassion are presented as divine powers that yield both immediate benefits and subtle, unseen spiritual merit.
The verse functions within Kāśī-māhātmya’s devotional frame, praising the Devī in the spiritual atmosphere of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).
No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on dāna (giving) and dayā (compassion) as sources of puṇya.