Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
तस्माद्गृह्णंतु तापस्यो मया दत्तानि वांछया । भूषणानि विचित्राणि प्रसादः क्रियतां मम
tasmādgṛhṇaṃtu tāpasyo mayā dattāni vāṃchayā | bhūṣaṇāni vicitrāṇi prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ mama
„Darum, o Asketinnen, nehmt diese wunderbaren Schmuckstücke an, die ich euch aus Herzenswunsch darreiche; erweist mir Gunst—schenkt mir eure Huld durch gnädige Annahme.“
Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Damayantī extends ornate, varied ornaments toward the tapasvinīs, her face earnest, asking them to accept and thereby bless her.
FAQs
In Purāṇic dharma, the receiver’s acceptance of a gift is itself ‘prasāda’ that completes the merit of dāna.
The broader passage is within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but this verse does not name a particular tīrtha.
Charitable giving (dāna) of ornaments and the respectful request for the recipients’ blessing/acceptance (prasāda).