Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8
यद्दत्तं सुमनोवृत्त्या महादानं तदत्र वै । मुक्तिमंडपिकायां च क्षणं यत्स्थिरमास्यते
yaddattaṃ sumanovṛttyā mahādānaṃ tadatra vai | muktimaṃḍapikāyāṃ ca kṣaṇaṃ yatsthiramāsyate
इथे शुद्ध व प्रसन्न मनाने जे काही दिले जाते तेच खरे ‘महादान’ ठरते; आणि मुक्तिमंडपिकेत क्षणभर स्थिर बसणेही फलदायी आहे।
Skanda
Tirtha: Mukti-maṇḍapikā (Kāśī)
Type: ghat
Listener: null
Scene: A small pavilion labeled Mukti-maṇḍapikā near temple corridors; a pilgrim sits motionless for a brief moment, eyes half-closed, while another offers a small coin or handful of grain with radiant sincerity.
FAQs
In Kāśī, inner intention sanctifies outer acts—small gifts given with purity become mahādāna, and even brief holy presence is spiritually potent.
Kāśī, especially the Mukti-maṇḍapikā (a liberation-associated sacred pavilion/spot), is praised.
Charity (dāna) performed with a pure mind, and the practice of sitting in the Mukti-maṇḍapikā even for a moment.