Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
अस्य तीरे द्विजं चैकं मृष्टान्नैर्यश्च तर्पयेत् । तेन श्रद्धासहायेन कोटिर्भवति तर्पिता
asya tīre dvijaṃ caikaṃ mṛṣṭānnairyaśca tarpayet | tena śraddhāsahāyena koṭirbhavati tarpitā
اس مقدّس کنارے پر جو کوئی بہترین کھانوں سے ایک بھی برہمن کو سیر کرے، اور یہ عمل شردھا (ایمان) کے سہارے ہو، تو اس کا پھل ایسا ہے گویا ایک کروڑ کو سیر کیا گیا۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)
Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A serene riverbank at Koṭitīrtha: a pilgrim respectfully offers a leaf-plate of choice food to a seated brāhmaṇa; behind them, tīrtha markers (śiva-liṅga/ghāṭa steps) and other pilgrims performing ablutions.
FAQs
Faith-filled charity at a tīrtha multiplies merit far beyond the apparent scale of the act.
Koṭitīrtha—its bank is said to multiply the fruits of feeding.
Feeding/satisfying a brāhmaṇa with good food (annadāna) with śraddhā at the tīrtha-bank.