Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 191
इन्द्रादयोऽपि ये देवा यज्ञैराप्याययंति ते । न यजंति द्विजा यज्ञान्भिक्षादानेन तुष्यसि
indrādayo'pi ye devā yajñairāpyāyayaṃti te | na yajaṃti dvijā yajñānbhikṣādānena tuṣyasi
حتى إندرا وسائر الآلهة يتقوَّون بالقرابين والذبائح؛ أمّا أنت فلا ترغب في القرابين التي يقيمها ذوو الولادتين، بل ترضى بعطاء الصدقة والبذل.
Viṣṇu (continuing the address to Maheśvara)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)
Scene: A contrast tableau: Vedic altar with priests and offerings in the background; in the foreground, a pilgrim offers food/alms to a mendicant and the poor near a temple gate, while Śiva’s presence is subtly indicated as approving.
FAQs
Śiva is portrayed as readily pleased by compassion and charity; inner dharma expressed as dāna can surpass formal ritual in devotional value.
Vastrāpathakṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative frame.
Bhikṣā-dāna—giving alms/charity—as a Śaiva-pleasing practice; yajña is mentioned by contrast.