Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
मामुद्धर महाभाग कृपां कुरु तपोनिधे । गृहाण गां मया दत्तां दयां कृत्वा ममोपरि
māmuddhara mahābhāga kṛpāṃ kuru taponidhe | gṛhāṇa gāṃ mayā dattāṃ dayāṃ kṛtvā mamopari
«ارفعني بفضلك يا صاحبَ الحظّ العظيم، وارحمْني يا كنزَ الزهدِ والتقشّف. تفضّل بقبولِ هذه البقرةِ التي أهديتُها، رحمةً بي.»
Nṛga (quoted within Prahlāda’s narration)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A king, hands folded, pleads before an austere brāhmaṇa-sage, offering a cow as a gift; the setting evokes Dvārakā’s sacred precincts with temple spires and sea-breeze.
FAQs
One seeks spiritual elevation through humility and the blessings of the virtuous; charity is offered as an act of reverence, not coercion.
The verse is part of Dvārakā Māhātmya’s dharma narrative, thematically tied to Kṛṣṇa’s sacred region within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Go-dāna is explicitly mentioned, along with the devotional request for acceptance as a means of gaining merit.