Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
तत्र तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेच्छुचिः । तेन सम्यग्विधानेन कोटिर्भवति भोजिता
tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā brāhmaṇān bhojayecchuciḥ | tena samyagvidhānena koṭirbhavati bhojitā
ณทีรถะนั้น ผู้ใดมีความบริสุทธิ์และด้วยภักติเลี้ยงพราหมณ์ให้ฉันภัตตาหาร ครั้นประกอบพิธีโดยถูกต้อง ย่อมได้บุญประหนึ่งได้เลี้ยงดูผู้คนถึงหนึ่งโกฏิ (สิบล้าน)
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Soma-tīrtha (within Revā-khaṇḍa)
Type: ghat
Scene: On a riverbank tīrtha with a small shrine and sacrificial markers, a pure devotee offers a formal meal to seated brāhmaṇas; vessels, water-pot, and offerings arranged with ritual order; the river glints behind, suggesting Soma’s sanctity.
FAQs
Devotional charity performed with purity and right method becomes vastly magnified in a sacred place.
Somatīrtha, where acts of dāna—especially feeding—are said to yield multiplied merit.
Feed brāhmaṇas at the tīrtha with devotion, purity, and correct procedure (samyag-vidhi).