Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
कुरुक्षेत्रे यथा वृद्धिर्दानस्य जगतीपते । पुष्करिण्यां तथा दानं वर्धते नात्र संशयः
kurukṣetre yathā vṛddhirdānasya jagatīpate | puṣkariṇyāṃ tathā dānaṃ vardhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
اے زمین کے مالک! جس طرح کوروکشیتر میں دیا گیا دان پُنیہ میں بڑھتا ہے، اسی طرح پشکرِنی میں دیا گیا صدقہ بھی بڑھتا ہے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Puṣkariṇī
Type: kund
Listener: King (jagatīpati)
Scene: A king offers gifts at a lotus pond beside the Revā; priests and the poor receive respectfully; an unseen scale of dharma shows merit ‘growing’ like a flourishing tree, illustrating dāna-vṛddhi.
FAQs
Place sanctifies action: dāna offered at a powerful tīrtha yields multiplied merit, encouraging generosity aligned with dharma.
Puṣkariṇī tīrtha, whose dāna-phala is said to increase like at Kurukṣetra.
Perform dāna (charitable giving) at Puṣkariṇī to obtain enhanced merit.