Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
सूत उवाच । तदुद्दिश्य प्रदातव्यमेकैकस्य पृथक्पृथक् । प्रत्यक्षाश्च महाभाग दातव्या धेनवः क्रमात्
sūta uvāca | taduddiśya pradātavyamekaikasya pṛthakpṛthak | pratyakṣāśca mahābhāga dātavyā dhenavaḥ kramāt
Sūta sprach: „Indem man ihrer gedenkt, soll man jedem Einzelnen gesondert, einen nach dem anderen, Gaben darbringen. Und, o Edler, sichtbare, wirkliche Kühe sind der Reihe nach zu verschenken.“
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta instructs the sages: offerings must be given separately to each; a line of cows, garlanded and calm, stands ready for gifting; a brāhmaṇa recipient waits with ritual vessels as the sequence proceeds.
FAQs
Devotion is made concrete through disciplined generosity—giving intentionally, individually, and with real offerings.
The instruction belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting, guiding how merit is earned there through dāna.
Offer dāna to each intended recipient separately, and perform gau-dāna (gift of actual cows) in a prescribed order.