Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73
धेनुदानं च शय्यां च विद्रुमं च हयं तथा । दासीमहिषीघण्टाश्च तिलं कांचनसंयुतम्
dhenudānaṃ ca śayyāṃ ca vidrumaṃ ca hayaṃ tathā | dāsīmahiṣīghaṇṭāśca tilaṃ kāṃcanasaṃyutam
Le don d’une vache et d’un lit, de corail et d’un cheval; de même celui d’une servante, d’un buffle, de cloches, et de sésame mêlé d’or—tout cela est prescrit ici comme aumône hautement méritoire.
Vyāsa (continuing instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira; implied from surrounding dialogue)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata (addressed in adjacent verse-context; implied addressee)
Scene: A tīrtha-side charity pavilion: donors present a cow, a decorated bed, coral ornaments, a horse with trappings, bells, sesame and gold to seated brāhmaṇas; the kṣetra’s sacred grove in the background.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma emphasizes dāna (charitable giving) as a direct means to accumulate puṇya and support sacred order.
The setting is Dharmāraṇya (a sacred forest/region) within the Brahma Khaṇḍa’s Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa.
A catalog of recommended gifts—cow, bed, coral, horse, servant, buffalo, bells, and sesame with gold—indicating dāna as the practice.