लिखित्वा तच्च यो दद्याद्धेमपद्मसमन्वितम् । मार्गशीर्षे विधानेन तिलधेनुयुतं तथा । तच्च षोडशसाहस्रं सर्वक्रतुफलप्रदम्
likhitvā tacca yo dadyāddhemapadmasamanvitam | mārgaśīrṣe vidhānena tiladhenuyutaṃ tathā | tacca ṣoḍaśasāhasraṃ sarvakratuphalapradam
ومن يكتب ذلك النص ثم يتصدّق به مقرونًا بلوتسٍ من ذهب، ووفقًا للشرع في شهر مارغا-شيرشا (Mārgaśīrṣa) يضمّ إليه أيضًا قربان «تِلَدهينو» (tiladhenu: بقرة السمسم)، فإن ذلك الكتاب يُقال إنه ستة عشر ألف بيت، ويمنح ثمرات جميع القرابين.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritual donation tableau: a copied manuscript offered with a golden lotus emblem and a symbolic ‘tila-dhenu’ (cow figure or cow with sesame donation), officiants reciting rules; Mārgaśīrṣa winter clarity, temple lamps and orderly ritual space.
Scripture-dāna performed with prescribed symbolic gifts can equal the merit of many sacrifices, highlighting devotion and generosity as powerful dharma.
The guidance belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, where acts of dāna are portrayed as especially efficacious.
Donate a written text with a golden lotus, and in Mārgaśīrṣa additionally offer a tiladhenu (sesame-cow) according to rule.