Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
ये त्वां यच्छंति ते भूयस्त्वां लभंते न संशयः । इह लोके परे चैव पार्थिवं रूपमाश्रिता
ye tvāṃ yacchaṃti te bhūyastvāṃ labhaṃte na saṃśayaḥ | iha loke pare caiva pārthivaṃ rūpamāśritā
جو لوگ تمہیں دان کرتے ہیں وہ بے شک تمہیں پھر پاتے ہیں؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں—اس دنیا میں بھی اور اگلے جہان میں بھی، تمہارے ارضی روپ کی پناہ لے کر۔
Yajamāna/Devotee (concluding the prayer segment)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor at a tīrtha offers a consecrated ‘earthly form’ (iconic/ritual embodiment) with attendants and priests; the deity’s presence is implied as the recipient who ‘returns’ as blessing in both worlds.
FAQs
What is given in dharma returns as lasting support—here as stability/prosperity and hereafter as auspicious attainment.
The verse speaks of the fruit of Earth-giving within a tīrtha-rite framework, without specifying a single geography.
It states the promised fruit (phala) of offering Earth (pṛthvī-dāna): attainment of support and auspiciousness in both realms.