Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
तत्र तीर्थे तु यो दानं शक्तिमाश्रित्य चाचरेत् । तदक्षय्यफलं सर्वं जायते पाण्डुनन्दन
tatra tīrthe tu yo dānaṃ śaktimāśritya cācaret | tadakṣayyaphalaṃ sarvaṃ jāyate pāṇḍunandana
Tại thánh địa ấy, ai bố thí tùy theo khả năng của mình thì toàn bộ quả phúc đều trở nên bất hoại, hỡi con của Pāṇḍu.
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha
Type: ghat
Listener: Pāṇḍunandana
Scene: At a river ghat, a pilgrim offers food and cloth to a needy traveler and a brahmin; above, a symbolic ‘akṣaya’ pot (pūrṇa-kumbha) glows, indicating imperishable fruit.
FAQs
Giving with sincerity and within one’s means, especially at a sacred place, is praised as yielding enduring spiritual merit.
The same tīrtha in the Bhīmeśvara context is implied; it is presented as a place where dāna becomes akṣaya (imperishable).
Dāna (charity/gifting) performed in proportion to one’s capacity at the tīrtha.