Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
दानधर्मप्रवृत्तानां धर्ममार्गा नुयायिनाम् । प्रोत्साहं वर्धयेद्यस्तु न प्रेतो जायते नरः
dānadharmapravṛttānāṃ dharmamārgā nuyāyinām | protsāhaṃ vardhayedyastu na preto jāyate naraḥ
وہ جو خیرات اور دھرم میں مصروف لوگوں اور نیکی کی راہ پر چلنے والوں کی حوصلہ افزائی کرتا ہے، وہ پریت نہیں بنتا۔
Māṃsāda
Type: kshetra
Scene: A community scene: donors distribute gifts while a respected elder encourages them, placing a supportive hand on a giver’s shoulder; nearby, a scribe records offerings and the poor receive with gratitude—emphasis on moral encouragement.
FAQs
Not only doing good, but strengthening goodness in others is praised as a powerful dharmic contribution.
No specific site is named; the focus is on community dharma that sustains tīrtha-centered religious life.
A social-ethical prescription: actively encourage and support practitioners of dāna and dharma.