Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
अथ तुष्टो नरेंद्रस्तु तस्मै कार्पटिकाय च । ददौ कोटित्रयं हेम्नः प्रोवाच स ततो वचः
atha tuṣṭo nareṃdrastu tasmai kārpaṭikāya ca | dadau koṭitrayaṃ hemnaḥ provāca sa tato vacaḥ
Alors le roi, comblé de joie, donna à ce mendiant trois crores d’or ; puis, ensuite, il prononça ces paroles.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not stated in snippet)
Tirtha: Viśvāmitra-jala
Type: kund
Scene: The healed king, joyful and grateful, offers an immense gift—three crores of gold—to the kārpaṭika mendicant; the mendicant stands calm, the king speaks solemn words afterward.
FAQs
Gratitude for divine grace should express itself as dāna—generous giving aligned with dharma, especially toward ascetics and guides.
The narrative context remains the Viśvāmitra-jala tīrtha whose power prompted the king’s gratitude and charity.
Dāna (charitable gifting), here exemplified by offering gold to a kārpaṭika (mendicant) after receiving tīrtha-phala.