धर्मद्रवा धर्मधुरा धेनुर्धीरा धृतिर्ध्रुवा । धेनुदानफलस्पर्शा धर्मकामार्थमोक्षदा
dharmadravā dharmadhurā dhenurdhīrā dhṛtirdhruvā | dhenudānaphalasparśā dharmakāmārthamokṣadā
সেয়া ধৰ্মস্বৰূপে ধাৰা হৈ বয় আৰু ধৰ্মৰ ধুৰা বহন কৰে। সেয়া ধেনু—পবিত্ৰ গাই—ধীৰ আৰু ধ্ৰুৱ ধৈৰ্য্যস্বৰূপা। সেয়া গোধন-দানৰ ফল স্পৰ্শ কৰাই দান কৰে আৰু ধৰ্ম, কাম, অৰ্থ, মোক্ষ প্ৰদান কৰে।
Skanda (deduced for Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Gaṅgā in Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Purāṇa audience
Scene: Gaṅgā as a serene ‘Dharma-cow’ metaphor: goddess beside a luminous cow, yoke of dharma symbolized; pilgrims offer go-dāna or its substitutes on the ghāṭa; a subtle path leading upward signifies mokṣa.
True divinity supports all four puruṣārthas, culminating in mokṣa, while honoring dharma and charity.
The setting is the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape, where devotion is said to yield both worldly and liberating fruits.
The verse references the merit of dhenudāna (gift of a cow), implying charity as a dharmic act.