Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 82
ॐ विष्णुरूप द्विजश्रेष्ठ भूदेव पङ्क्तिपावन । सदक्षिणा मया दत्ता तुभ्यं वैतरणि नमः । इति दानमन्त्रः
oṃ viṣṇurūpa dvijaśreṣṭha bhūdeva paṅktipāvana | sadakṣiṇā mayā dattā tubhyaṃ vaitaraṇi namaḥ | iti dānamantraḥ
ॐ విష్ణురూపుడవైన ద్విజశ్రేష్ఠా, భూదేవా, పంక్తిపావనా! యథోచిత దక్షిణతో కూడిన ఈ దానాన్ని నేను మీకు ఇచ్చితిని. ఓ వైతరణీ, నీకు నమస్కారం।—ఇది దాన మంత్రం।
Narratorial/ritual-instruction voice (within Revā Khaṇḍa discourse; speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Vaitaraṇī-dāna (gift-rite)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A formal gifting scene: donor offers the consecrated gift with dakṣiṇā to a dignified brāhmaṇa seated on a kuśa mat; the brāhmaṇa is subtly haloed as Viṣṇu-rūpa.
FAQs
Charity offered with reverence and proper dakṣiṇā, seeing the worthy recipient as sacred, becomes a dharmic act that purifies and protects the giver.
The verse sits in the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred region); the immediate focus is the Vaitaraṇī-dāna rite rather than a single named tirtha.
Recitation of the dāna-mantra while giving the Vaitaraṇī-related gift (traditionally the ‘Vaitaraṇī-dhenu’ donation) along with dakṣiṇā to a Brāhmaṇa.