Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 112
मन्वादौ च युगादौ च व्यतीपाते दिनक्षये । यो दद्यात्पितृमातृभ्यः सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
manvādau ca yugādau ca vyatīpāte dinakṣaye | yo dadyātpitṛmātṛbhyaḥ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
மன்வந்தரத் தொடக்கத்தில், யுகத் தொடக்கத்தில், வ்யதீபாதத்தில், நாளின் முடிவில்—பித்ருக்களுக்கும் மாத்ருக்களுக்கும் தானம் செய்பவன் அசுவமேத யாகப் பலனை அடைவான்।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Asmāhaka
Type: tirtha
Listener: Nṛpa (king)
Scene: A liminal-time ritual: sunset (dinakṣaya) on a riverbank, with a priest marking vyatīpāta/auspicious conjunction; offerings made to pitṛs and mātṛs; a symbolic horse-sacrifice motif appears as a faint celestial emblem indicating Aśvamedha-equivalence.
FAQs
Giving at sacred times (kāla-viśeṣa) and honoring one’s lineage magnifies merit to the level of royal sacrifices.
The verse foregrounds sacred times more than a named site; it continues the Revā Khaṇḍa dharma context of tīrtha-based merit.
Charitable giving/offerings (dāna) directed to pitṛs and mātṛs on manvādi, yugādi, vyatīpāta, and at day’s end.