Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5
यवमेकं तु यो दद्यात्सौवर्णं मस्तके नृप । पुष्करिण्यां तथा स्थानं यथा स्थानं नरे स्मृतम्
yavamekaṃ tu yo dadyātsauvarṇaṃ mastake nṛpa | puṣkariṇyāṃ tathā sthānaṃ yathā sthānaṃ nare smṛtam
اے راجا! جو کوئی پشکرِنی میں سونے سے مزین ایک ہی جو کا دانہ بھی دان کرے، وہ اسی بلند مرتبے کو پاتا ہے جسے انسان کے لیے حقیقی ‘مقام’ کہا گیا ہے۔
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Puṣkariṇī
Type: kund
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: A devotee-king places a single barley grain crowned with a tiny gold piece into a priest’s palm beside the lotus pond; a subtle vision shows a radiant ‘lofty station’ (divya gati) opening above, signifying the promised state.
FAQs
Sincerity and sacred context outweigh quantity: even a tiny offering, when made at a potent tīrtha with devotion, yields exalted results.
Puṣkariṇī tīrtha.
Offer dāna: even one barley-grain adorned with gold at Puṣkariṇī is praised as highly efficacious.