Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10
गते तु भार्गवे तस्मिन्बलिर्विरोचनात्मजः । वामनं चार्चयित्वा स महीं दातुं प्रचक्रमे
gate tu bhārgave tasminbalirvirocanātmajaḥ | vāmanaṃ cārcayitvā sa mahīṃ dātuṃ pracakrame
Als Bhārgava fortgegangen war, begann Bali, der Sohn Virocanas, nachdem er Vāmana verehrt hatte, die Erde als heilige Gabe zu verschenken.
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa per Māheśvara-khaṇḍa convention)
Scene: Bali, crowned and resplendent, stands before the small brahmacārin Vāmana; after Bhārgava’s departure, Bali completes worship and begins the formal act of gifting the earth.
FAQs
True giving is framed as worship—Bali’s dāna follows arcana (devotional honoring), making charity an act of bhakti.
Not directly; the verse advances the Vāmana–Bali account embedded in Kedārakhaṇḍa.
Arcana (worship) preceding dāna (charity), specifically mahī-dāna (gift of land/earth).