Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
तथान्यच्छृणु कृष्णात्र स्नात्वा दास्यति यद्धनम् । मम दत्तस्य देवेश प्राप्नुयात्षोडशोत्तरम्
tathānyacchṛṇu kṛṣṇātra snātvā dāsyati yaddhanam | mama dattasya deveśa prāpnuyātṣoḍaśottaram
اور ایک بات سنو، اے کرشن: جو شخص یہاں اشنان کرکے جو بھی مال دان کرے—اے دیوتاؤں کے پروردگار—وہ میرے نام پر دیے گئے دان کا سولہ گنا زیادہ پھل پاتا ہے۔
Durvāsā
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Gomatī–Sāgara-saṅgama tīrtha context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed, offers coins, cloth, or food to a worthy recipient near the Gomati ghats while Durvāsā’s sanctifying presence is remembered; Kṛṣṇa is invoked as Devēśa.
FAQs
At a sanctified kṣetra, charity performed after purification becomes exponentially fruitful.
The Dvārakā tīrtha-setting connected with the Gomati–ocean saṅgama and Varadāna tradition.
Snāna first, then dāna (giving wealth/charity), with a stated sixteenfold spiritual return.