Description of the Rules for Charitable Gifts and Related Rites
Gaṅgā-māhātmya
सर्वदानेषु यत्पुण्यं सर्वयज्ञेषु यत्फलम् । तपोव्रतेषु पुण्येषु यत्फलं परिकीर्तितम् ॥ ६० ॥
sarvadāneṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvayajñeṣu yatphalam | tapovrateṣu puṇyeṣu yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam || 60 ||
सर्वदानेषु यत्पुण्यं सर्वयज्ञेषु यत्फलम्। तपोव्रतेषु पुण्येषु यत्फलं परिकीर्तितम्॥
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
It compresses the entire scale of religious merit—charity (dāna), sacrifice (yajña), and austerity/vows (tapas-vrata)—and states that the teaching/context at hand grants the same comprehensive spiritual fruit.
By equating diverse karmic merits into a single, superior result, it supports the Purāṇic theme that devotion and dharmic observances (often centered on Hari/Vishnu and tīrthas) can concentrate and surpass the scattered fruits of many separate rites.
Ritual reasoning (kalpa) is implied: the verse classifies results (phala) of dāna, yajña, and vrata, reflecting the Vedic framework of actions and their prescribed fruits rather than a technical focus on grammar or astrology.