Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
ब्राह्मणे वेदविदुषे यद्दत्त्वा फल माप्नुयात् । तत्पुण्यं कोटिगुणितमस्मिन्नाचरिते व्रते
brāhmaṇe vedaviduṣe yaddattvā phala māpnuyāt | tatpuṇyaṃ koṭiguṇitamasminnācarite vrate
وید کے جاننے والے برہمن کو دان دے کر جو پھل حاصل ہوتا ہے، اس ورت کے آچرن سے وہی پُنّیہ کروڑ گنا بڑھ جاتا ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (vrata context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee, after worship, respectfully offers gifts to a serene Veda-knowing brāhmaṇa; the setting is a Prabhāsa shrine courtyard, suggesting that the vow’s power multiplies the charity’s fruit.
FAQs
Vrata-observance intensifies the spiritual potency of dāna; discipline and devotion magnify merit beyond the act’s ordinary measure.
The statement operates within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya framework, implying heightened merit when the vow is observed in/for Prabhāsa’s Śaiva context.
Giving charity to a learned brāhmaṇa is referenced, and the text states that observing ‘this vow’ multiplies that merit a crore-fold.