Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 114
कांस्यदोहनिका देया स्वर्णशृङ्गी सुभूषिता । हनूमन्तेश्वरस्याग्रे भक्त्या विप्राय दापयेत्
kāṃsyadohanikā deyā svarṇaśṛṅgī subhūṣitā | hanūmanteśvarasyāgre bhaktyā viprāya dāpayet
Ein bronzenes Melkgefäß soll gegeben werden, und die Kuh sei mit goldenen Hörnern und schönen Schmuckstücken geziert. Vor Hanūmanteśvara soll man sie in Hingabe einem Brāhmaṇa schenken lassen.
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Hanūmanteśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājā (nṛpa)
Scene: In the temple’s front mandapa, the cow is ornamented with golden horn-caps and garlands; a bronze milking pot is placed beside; the donor gestures to a brāhmaṇa as priests witness the transfer.
FAQs
Devotion expressed through righteous giving—performed at a sacred shrine and directed to worthy recipients—is upheld as a powerful purifier and merit-maker.
Hanūmanteśvara is explicitly named as the shrine before which the donation should be performed.
Gau-dāna in front of Hanūmanteśvara: provide a bronze milking-vessel, adorn the cow with golden horns and ornaments, and donate it devotionally to a brāhmaṇa.