Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
कुरुक्षेत्रे यथा वृद्धिर्दानस्य जगतीपते । पुष्करिण्यां तथा दानं वर्धते नात्र संशयः
kurukṣetre yathā vṛddhirdānasya jagatīpate | puṣkariṇyāṃ tathā dānaṃ vardhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Hỡi bậc chúa tể cõi đất! Như bố thí tại Kurukṣetra làm tăng trưởng công đức, thì bố thí tại Puṣkariṇī cũng tăng trưởng như vậy—không chút nghi ngờ.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Puṣkariṇī
Type: kund
Listener: King (jagatīpati)
Scene: A king offers gifts at a lotus pond beside the Revā; priests and the poor receive respectfully; an unseen scale of dharma shows merit ‘growing’ like a flourishing tree, illustrating dāna-vṛddhi.
FAQs
Place sanctifies action: dāna offered at a powerful tīrtha yields multiplied merit, encouraging generosity aligned with dharma.
Puṣkariṇī tīrtha, whose dāna-phala is said to increase like at Kurukṣetra.
Perform dāna (charitable giving) at Puṣkariṇī to obtain enhanced merit.