Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 123
तेन तेन स भावेन प्राप्नोति प्रतिपूजितम् । दृष्ट्वा दानानि सर्वाणि राज्ञी दत्तानि यानि च
tena tena sa bhāvena prāpnoti pratipūjitam | dṛṣṭvā dānāni sarvāṇi rājñī dattāni yāni ca
اسی اسی نیت کے مطابق وہ معزز اور ہم پلہ پھل پاتا ہے۔ ملکہ کے دیے ہوئے تمام دانوں کو دیکھ کر—
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha-context (general)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A queen’s gifts displayed—rows of vessels, cloth, cows, food—while a sage/observer explains that the true ‘weight’ lies in her intention; attendants and Brāhmaṇas receive with honor.
FAQs
The moral quality and intention behind giving determine the nature of the spiritual return.
The passage belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa, centered on the sacred Revā/Narmadā milieu.
No new ritual is prescribed here; it reinforces the principle that bhāva governs the fruit of dāna.