Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
विद्यादानं नरो यश्च तस्या ह्यायतने सदा । करोति श्रद्धया युक्तः सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
vidyādānaṃ naro yaśca tasyā hyāyatane sadā | karoti śraddhayā yuktaḥ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
जो श्रद्धायुक्त होऊन तिच्या पवित्र आयतनात सदैव विद्यादान करतो, तो अश्वमेध यज्ञाचे फळ प्राप्त करतो।
Unspecified in snippet (phalaśruti within Sarasvatī tīrtha māhātmya)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī-āyatana
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee presents manuscripts, writing tools, and a donation to a teacher within Sarasvatī’s temple precinct; a symbolic horse-sacrifice altar appears faintly as a metaphor, indicating Aśvamedha-equivalence.
FAQs
Supporting knowledge as a sacred charity is ranked among the highest merits, comparable to grand Vedic sacrifices.
Sarasvatī’s āyatana (her sanctified abode) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha narrative.
Vidyā-dāna—charitable support of learning/education—performed with śraddhā at Sarasvatī’s abode.