Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 57
स्वल्पं हि दत्तमर्थिभ्य इत्यवोचञ्जनास्तदा । इष्ट्वैवं राजसूयेन धर्मपुत्रः सहानुजः
svalpaṃ hi dattamarthibhya ityavocañjanāstadā | iṣṭvaivaṃ rājasūyena dharmaputraḥ sahānujaḥ
তেতিয়া লোকসকলে ক’লে—‘অৰ্থীসকলক তেনেই অলপহে দিয়া হ’ল।’ এইদৰে ৰাজসূয় যজ্ঞ সম্পন্ন কৰি ধৰ্মপুত্ৰ যুধিষ্ঠিৰ কনিষ্ঠ ভ্ৰাতৃসকলসহ…
Sūta (contextual deduction)
Tirtha: Lakṣmītīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ) / tīrtha-inquirers
Scene: After a grand Rājasūya, a crowd debates the scale of gifts—some say ‘all was given’, others ‘only a little’; Yudhiṣṭhira stands composed with his brothers, embodying dharma amid mixed public voices.
FAQs
When generosity becomes boundless, ordinary standards collapse—abundance itself becomes the new norm in a sanctified context.
Lakṣmītīrtha (Setukhaṇḍa), implied as the cause of such overflowing prosperity and merit.
Performance of the Rājasūya yajña is referenced; dāna to petitioners is the accompanying dharmic act.
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