ततस्तस्यां समारुह्य स्वशक्त्या यत्समाहृतम् । दानार्थं पूर्वमायोज्यं शिक्येन्यस्मिन्नरोत्तम
tatastasyāṃ samāruhya svaśaktyā yatsamāhṛtam | dānārthaṃ pūrvamāyojyaṃ śikyenyasminnarottama
پھر اُس ترازو پر سوار ہو کر، اپنی طاقت کے مطابق جو کچھ جمع کیا گیا ہو، اے بہترین انسان، اُسی ترازو کے جھولے میں پہلے اسے دان کے لیے ترتیب سے رکھنا چاہیے۔
Skanda (deduced; instructional address “narottama”)
Type: ghat
Listener: King (rājan / narottama addressed)
Scene: A pilgrim/king is guided to mount a suspended balance-platform; attendants place prepared gifts into a sling (śikya) as part of a tīrtha rite near water.
True charity is proportional and sincere—giving ‘according to one’s capacity’ is itself dharmic excellence.
The verse is procedural within the tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; it does not specify the site in the provided excerpt.
Mounting the tulā and placing previously gathered donation-items into the sling to begin the tulādāna offering sequence.