Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 21
द्विजानां भूमिदानार्थं मार्गमाणः पदेपदे । निर्दोषां च पवित्रां च तीर्थेष्वपि समन्विताम्
dvijānāṃ bhūmidānārthaṃ mārgamāṇaḥ padepade | nirdoṣāṃ ca pavitrāṃ ca tīrtheṣvapi samanvitām
ద్విజులకు భూమిదానం చేయుటకై నేను అడుగడుగునా, దోషరహితమైనదీ, పరమ పవిత్రమైనదీ, తీర్థపుణ్యంతో కూడినదీ అయిన భూమిని అన్వేషించుచున్నాను।
Bhṛgu (contextual, speaking to Nārada)
Listener: Bhṛgu (inner listener); Pārtha/Arjuna (outer listener)
Scene: The narrator describes searching step by step for ideal land to donate: imagery of surveying fields near sacred waters, consulting sages, and envisioning a tīrtha-infused donation site.
FAQs
Charity becomes exalted when guided by purity and discernment—bhūmidāna is framed as a sacred act requiring an unblemished place.
The verse speaks generally of tīrtha-like purity; the narrative soon points to the Mahī river’s confluence with the ocean as the exceptional locus.
Bhūmidāna (donation of land) for dvijas is the featured dharmic act.