Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
ज्येष्ठतीर्थे नरः काश्यां दत्त्वा दानानि शक्तितः । ज्येष्ठान्स्वर्गानवाप्नोति नरो मोक्षं च गच्छति
jyeṣṭhatīrthe naraḥ kāśyāṃ dattvā dānāni śaktitaḥ | jyeṣṭhānsvargānavāpnoti naro mokṣaṃ ca gacchati
کاشی کے جَیَیشٹھ تیرتھ میں جو شخص اپنی طاقت کے مطابق دان دیتا ہے، وہ اعلیٰ ترین سَورگوں کو پاتا ہے اور موکش کی راہ کی طرف بھی بڑھتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Jyeṣṭha-tīrtha (Kāśī)
Type: tirtha
Scene: At Jyeṣṭha-tīrtha, a pilgrim offers charity—food and cloth—to brāhmaṇas and the needy near a shrine; above, symbolic tiers show radiant svarga and a path of light toward liberation, with Śiva’s presence implied in Kāśī’s skyline.
FAQs
Charity done with sincerity and capacity at a sacred tīrtha yields both worldly merit (svarga) and the higher aim (mokṣa).
Jyeṣṭhatīrtha in Kāśī.
Give dāna (charity) there according to one’s means (śaktitaḥ).