Dāna and Tīrtha-Yātrā
Dāna Tīrtha-Yātrā, simply known as Dana and Tirtha Yatra, Sanskrit: दान तीर्थ-यात्रा, Telugu: దానం మరియు తీర్థయాత్ర, Hindi: दान और तीर्थ-यात्रा.
Dāna is sacred giving, and tīrtha-yātrā is the journey to holy places. The Purāṇas teach the great gifts, how a pilgrimage is made and what bathing at the right time gives. The pages below describe them one by one.
The pilgrimage order for the holy city of Ayodhyā from the Skanda Purāṇa: the main two-day yātrā, special days, the Kārttika bath and the Mānasa Tīrthas.
Grahaṇa Snāna VidhiThe rite of purifying bath at a solar or lunar eclipse from the Matsya Purāṇa: four kalaśas, ten invocations, the bath, the dāna and the phala.
Mahā Dāna VidhiThe great gifts taught in the Uttara Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa: Tulāpurusha, Hiraṇyagarbha, Brahmāṇḍa, Kalpavṛksha, Kālapurusha and the mountain dānas.
Parvata DānaThe mountain dānas of the Matsya and Agni Purāṇas, each built from a holy substance and given to a brāhmaṇa, with the phala of each.
Purāṇa DānaPurāṇa Dāna is the gift of a written Purāṇa to a brāhmaṇa, each in its own month with its own gift, as the Agni Purāṇa teaches.
Tīrtha YātrāPilgrimage to holy places as taught in the Agni Purāṇa and the Nārada Purāṇa: the rules for the pilgrim, the fruit, and the tīrthas of Bhārata-varsha by region.