Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
अस्य तीरे द्विजं चैकं मृष्टान्नैर्यश्च तर्पयेत् । तेन श्रद्धासहायेन कोटिर्भवति तर्पिता
asya tīre dvijaṃ caikaṃ mṛṣṭānnairyaśca tarpayet | tena śraddhāsahāyena koṭirbhavati tarpitā
अस्य पुण्यतीरे यः कश्चिदेकमपि द्विजं मृष्टान्नैः तर्पयति, श्रद्धासहायेन तेन कोटिर्द्विजा इव तर्पिता भवन्ति।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A serene riverbank at Koṭitīrtha: a pilgrim respectfully offers a leaf-plate of choice food to a seated brāhmaṇa; behind them, tīrtha markers (śiva-liṅga/ghāṭa steps) and other pilgrims performing ablutions.
FAQs
Faith-filled charity at a tīrtha multiplies merit far beyond the apparent scale of the act.
Koṭitīrtha—its bank is said to multiply the fruits of feeding.
Feeding/satisfying a brāhmaṇa with good food (annadāna) with śraddhā at the tīrtha-bank.