Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 18
स्वर्णं चैव सदा देयं वासांसि विविधानि च । निजशक्त्या प्रकर्तव्या सुरास्तृप्तिर्द्विजन्मनाम्
svarṇaṃ caiva sadā deyaṃ vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca | nijaśaktyā prakartavyā surāstṛptirdvijanmanām
সোণ সদায় দান কৰিব লাগে, আৰু নানা প্ৰকাৰৰ বস্ত্ৰো; নিজৰ সামৰ্থ্য অনুসাৰে এনে দান-অৰ্পণ কৰিব লাগে যাতে দেৱগণ সন্তুষ্ট হয় আৰু দ্বিজসকল যথোচিত তৃপ্ত হয়।
Brahmā (implied from narrative context)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (dāna ancillary to yātrā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Surāḥ / general audience within the māhātmya frame
Scene: Pilgrims or householders in Ayodhyā offering gold and folded garments to learned brāhmaṇas near a shrine/ghāṭa; devas symbolically pleased above, indicating deva-tṛpti through human dāna.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is completed by dāna—generosity according to one’s means—supporting dharma and sanctifying merit.
The instruction belongs to the Brahmakuṇḍa-centered Ayodhyā Māhātmya context.
Dāna of gold and various garments, performed within one’s capacity, along with acts that satisfy the devas and gratify the twice-born.