Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49
यदीच्छेदूर्ध्वगमनमात्मनः पितृभिः सह । सर्वाङ्गरुचिरां धेनुं यो दद्यादग्रजन्मने
yadīcchedūrdhvagamanamātmanaḥ pitṛbhiḥ saha | sarvāṅgarucirāṃ dhenuṃ yo dadyādagrajanmane
যদি কেউ নিজের জন্য পিতৃগণের সহিত ঊর্ধ্বলোকগমন কামনা করে, তবে সে সর্বাঙ্গসুন্দর ধেনু (গাভী) অগ্রজন্মা (শ্রেষ্ঠ ব্রাহ্মণ)-কে দান করুক।
Unspecified narrator (didactic instruction within Māhātmya)
Scene: A devotee offers a radiant, well-formed cow to a venerable brāhmaṇa; behind them, subtle ancestral figures appear as blessings rise upward, suggesting ascent to higher lokas.
FAQs
Charity (dāna), especially cow-gifting to a worthy recipient, is taught as a powerful means for one’s uplift and ancestral welfare.
The instruction is embedded in the Maṇināgeśvara Māhātmya of the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Gift a well-formed milch cow to a foremost brāhmaṇa for the sake of one’s own and one’s ancestors’ spiritual ascent.