Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110
न ज्वरो न च संतापो दुःखं च न वियोगजम् । अशोकवर्तिदानेन कुलानामेकविंशतिः
na jvaro na ca saṃtāpo duḥkhaṃ ca na viyogajam | aśokavartidānena kulānāmekaviṃśatiḥ
ย่อมไม่มีไข้ ไม่มีความร้อนรุ่มเร้า และไม่มีทุกข์อันเกิดจากการพรากจาก ด้วยการถวาย “อะโศกะ-วรรติ” วงศ์ตระกูลย่อมได้รับอานิสงส์ถึงยี่สิบเอ็ดชั่วคน
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: At Somnātha/Prabhāsa, a devotee offers aśoka-varti for lighting lamps; the scene shifts to a calm family free from fever and separation-grief, with a lineage tree motif indicating twenty-one generations blessed.
FAQs
Charity performed as sacred offering is extolled as removing suffering and uplifting one’s lineage.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
The gifting of the aśoka-varti is prescribed, with stated benefits including relief from afflictions and lineage uplift.