Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31
दक्षिणामददत्सोमस्त्रींल्लोकानिति नौ श्रुतम् । तेभ्यो ब्रह्मर्षिमुख्येभ्यः सदस्येभ्यश्च भो द्विज
dakṣiṇāmadadatsomastrīṃllokāniti nau śrutam | tebhyo brahmarṣimukhyebhyaḥ sadasyebhyaśca bho dvija
আমরা শুনেছি, সোম তিন লোকের সমান দক্ষিণা দান করেছিলেন—ব্রহ্মর্ষিদের মধ্যে অগ্রগণ্যদের এবং যজ্ঞসভাস্থ সদস্যদের, হে দ্বিজ, প্রদান করে।
Skanda
Listener: Dvija addressee (explicit)
Scene: Soma distributing vast dakṣiṇā—gold, cows, garments—arrayed like ‘three worlds’; brahmarṣis seated in front, sadasyas receiving with raised hands; ritual pavilion filled with calm authority.
FAQs
Dāna offered to the worthy—especially sages and ritual experts—multiplies merit and upholds sacrificial dharma.
Kāśī’s sacred milieu is implied as the merit-amplifying context for Soma’s yajña and gifts.
Dakṣiṇā (sacrificial gifting) to Brahmarṣis and sadasyas as an essential completion of yajña.