Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 77
होमं जाप्यं तथा दानमक्षयं सर्वमेव तत् । ऋचमेकां तु ऋग्वेदे यजुर्वेदे यजुस्तथा
homaṃ jāpyaṃ tathā dānamakṣayaṃ sarvameva tat | ṛcamekāṃ tu ṛgvede yajurvede yajustathā
ہوم، جپ اور دان—یہ سب کچھ اَکشَی (ناقابلِ زوال) ہو جاتا ہے۔ رِگ وید سے ایک رِچا منتر پڑھے، اور اسی طرح یجُر وید سے ایک یجُس منتر بھی ادا کرے۔
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)
Scene: A pilgrim-priest at a Śaiva shrine performs a small homa before a liṅga, then sits for japa; beside him a donor offers food/coins to a brāhmaṇa, while palm-leaf Veda texts indicate ‘one ṛc’ and ‘one yajus’.
FAQs
When performed in the sanctified setting, ritual acts like homa, japa, and dāna yield akṣaya (imperishable) merit.
The Revā-tīrtha setting being praised throughout Revākhaṇḍa, Āvantya Khaṇḍa.
Perform homa, japa, dāna, and recite one Ṛgvedic ṛc and one Yajurvedic yajus.