Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
सरस्वत्यास्तु सान्निध्यं यस्त्वेकं भोजयेद्द्विजम् । कोटिभोज्यफलं तस्य जायते नात्र संशयः
sarasvatyāstu sānnidhyaṃ yastvekaṃ bhojayeddvijam | koṭibhojyaphalaṃ tasya jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
சரஸ்வதியின் சான்னித்யத்தில் ஒருவர் ஒரே ஒரு த்விஜனை (பிராமணனை) போஜனம் செய்வித்தாலும், அவனுக்கு கோடி பேருக்கு போஜனம் செய்த புண்ணியம் உண்டாகும்—இதில் ஐயமில்லை।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narration style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Sarasvatī-tīrtha (within Prabhāsa)
Type: tirtha
Scene: On a riverbank identified with Sarasvatī, a pilgrim feeds a single brāhmaṇa; behind them, the river appears as a luminous goddess-presence; the merit is visualized as countless lamps or grains multiplying into a vast field—symbolizing koṭi-phala.
FAQs
Place amplifies merit: near Sarasvatī, even a small act of feeding becomes vast in spiritual fruit.
The Sarasvatī-tīrtha/proximity of Sarasvatī within the Prabhāsa sacred geography.
Dvija-bhojana (feeding a brāhmaṇa), especially in Sarasvatī’s sacred vicinity.