Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
दीयमानं तु वै दानं यस्त्यजेत्तीर्थसेवकः । तीर्थं करोति तीर्थं च स पुनाति च पूर्वजान्
dīyamānaṃ tu vai dānaṃ yastyajettīrthasevakaḥ | tīrthaṃ karoti tīrthaṃ ca sa punāti ca pūrvajān
لیکن جو تیرتھ سیوک باقاعدہ پیش کیے گئے دان کو قبول کرنے سے انکار کرے، وہ تیرتھ کو حقیقتاً تیرتھ بنا دیتا ہے؛ اور وہ اپنے آباؤ اجداد کو بھی پاک کر دیتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from section context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the tīrtha, a humble sevaka gently declines an offered gift, hands folded, while pilgrims look on. The tīrtha waters brighten, and a subtle ancestral line behind him is shown becoming purified, indicating pitṛ-uplift.
FAQs
Non-attachment and integrity in holy service sanctify the pilgrimage site and generate ancestral merit.
Prabhāsa-tīrtha, where the character of its servants is presented as part of the site’s greatness.
Regarding dāna: a tīrtha-servant should reject gifts offered in a way that would foster greed or commercialization.