Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12
तत्र यद्दीयते किचिद्दानं श्रद्धासमन्वितम् । अक्षयं तद्भवेत्सर्वमिह लोके परत्र च
tatra yaddīyate kiciddānaṃ śraddhāsamanvitam | akṣayaṃ tadbhavetsarvamiha loke paratra ca
Apa jua sedekah (dāna) yang diberikan di sana dengan śraddhā menjadi tidak binasa—memberi hasil yang tidak putus, di dunia ini dan di alam kemudian.
Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa narrative context; exact speaker not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim offers charity at a tīrtha—food and cloth to the needy or to priests—while Hari’s presence sanctifies the act; the merit shown as an unending stream of light extending to both worlds.
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Charity becomes spiritually ‘undiminishing’ when offered with faith in a consecrated sacred geography.
The tīrtha within Dharmāraṇya described in Adhyāya 26, where gifts are said to become akṣaya (imperishable).
Dāna (charitable giving) performed with śraddhā (faith).