Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34
नत्वा दत्त्वाथ शक्त्या च दानं लिंगस्य संनिधौ । फलं शतगुणं प्राप्य इह चामुत्र मोदते
natvā dattvātha śaktyā ca dānaṃ liṃgasya saṃnidhau | phalaṃ śataguṇaṃ prāpya iha cāmutra modate
Setelah bersujud, lalu bersedekah menurut kemampuan di hadapan Liṅga, seseorang memperoleh buah pahala seratus kali ganda dan bergembira di dunia ini serta di alam kemudian.
Śiva (as Kumāreśvara, in the Kumārikākhaṇḍa narrative)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devotee audience (unspecified)
Scene: A devotee bows before the liṅga, then offers a donation—grain, cloth, or coins—into the hands of temple attendants for pilgrims’ service; a subtle aura around the sanctum suggests the ‘hundredfold’ unseen fruit, while the donor’s household prospers in the background vignette.
FAQs
Humble devotion combined with proportionate charity near Śiva becomes immensely fruitful and benefits both worldly and otherworldly well-being.
The Kumāreśvara Liṅga shrine/kṣetra described in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.
Bowing (praṇāma) and giving dāna according to one’s means in the immediate presence of the Śiva-liṅga.