Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
युधिष्ठिर उवाच । कानि दानानि विप्रेन्द्र शस्तानि धरणीतले । यानि दत्त्वा नरो भक्त्या मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kāni dānāni viprendra śastāni dharaṇītale | yāni dattvā naro bhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
Yudhiṣṭhira thưa: “Bạch bậc tối thượng trong hàng brāhmaṇa, trên đời những bố thí nào được tán dương, nhờ dâng hiến với lòng sùng kính mà con người được giải thoát khỏi mọi tội lỗi?”
Yudhiṣṭhira
Listener: A brāhmaṇa authority (addressed as viprendra; within this Revākhaṇḍa frame, typically Mārkaṇḍeya)
Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, seated respectfully, asks a senior brāhmaṇa/sage about the best forms of charity; a didactic court-or-āśrama setting anticipates a detailed dharma exposition.
FAQs
True charity, offered with devotion, is a recognized means for purification from sin in Purāṇic dharma.
The question arises within the Vimaleśvara/Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha narrative setting, though this verse itself is about dāna generally.
An inquiry into which specific forms of dāna are śasta (scripturally praised) for removing pāpa.