Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
शुक्लत्रयोदशी माघे कार्त्तिकस्य च सप्तमी । कार्त्तिकी फाल्गुनी चैत्री ज्यैष्ठी पञ्चदशीति च । मन्वन्तराः स्मृता ह्येता दत्तस्याक्षयकारिकाः
śuklatrayodaśī māghe kārttikasya ca saptamī | kārttikī phālgunī caitrī jyaiṣṭhī pañcadaśīti ca | manvantarāḥ smṛtā hyetā dattasyākṣayakārikāḥ
Māgha Śukla Trayodaśī, juga tithi ketujuh bulan Kārttika; serta hari purnama (pūrṇimā) bulan Kārttika, Phālguna, Caitra, dan Jyaiṣṭha—semuanya dikenang sebagai “hari Manvantara”, yang menjadikan dāna berbuah akṣaya, tidak habis-habis.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa Māhātmya dialogue context)
Tirtha: Manvantarādi tithis (as listed)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Full-moon nights at a coastal kṣetra: lamps float on water, pilgrims queue for darśana, donors distribute food and cloth; the moonlight symbolizes ‘inexhaustible’ merit.
FAQs
Dāna performed on specially consecrated tithis becomes ‘akṣaya’—its merit does not diminish but continues to support the giver spiritually.
The teaching is situated within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, where acts done in/with remembrance of Prabhāsa are portrayed as especially potent.
It prescribes/commends giving (dāna) on listed tithis—Trayodaśī, Saptamī, and key Pañcadaśī (Pūrṇimā) days—stating that such gifts yield inexhaustible merit.