Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 4
अत्र स्नानं च दानं च जपो होमस्तपोऽथवा । सर्वमक्षयतां याति विधानेन शुचिस्मिते
atra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca japo homastapo'thavā | sarvamakṣayatāṃ yāti vidhānena śucismite
Aqui, o banho sagrado e a caridade, a recitação (japa), as oblações do homa ou a austeridade—tudo, quando feito segundo o rito correto, torna-se imperecível, ó tu de sorriso puro.
Śrī Rāma
Tirtha: Sītākuṇḍa
Type: kund
Listener: Sītā
Scene: On the steps of a lotus pond, devotees bathe, then give alms, chant on mālā, offer homa into a small fire altar, and sit in tapas—each act shown as turning into a shining, indestructible jewel of merit rising upward.
FAQs
Rightly performed dharmic acts at a sanctified place yield enduring (akṣaya) spiritual results.
Sītākuṇḍa in the Ayodhyā Māhātmya context.
Snāna, dāna, japa, homa, and tapas—performed with vidhāna (proper rules).