Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
तस्य पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि महाभागवतस्य हि । तिलप्रस्थहस्रं तु सहिरण्यं द्विजातये । दत्त्वा यत्फलमाप्नोति ह्ययने रविसंक्रमे
tasya puṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi mahābhāgavatasya hi | tilaprasthahasraṃ tu sahiraṇyaṃ dvijātaye | dattvā yatphalamāpnoti hyayane ravisaṃkrame
Je vais maintenant exposer le mérite de ce grand dévot : le même fruit que l’on obtient en offrant à un dvija (brāhmane) mille prastha de sésame avec de l’or, au solstice et lors du passage du Soleil—ce fruit lui revient à lui aussi.
Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvādaśī Hari-jāgaraṇa with dāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa receives heaps of sesame (tila) with gold on a solstice/saṅkrānti day; parallel vignette shows a Dvādaśī night vigil in Dvārakā—two scenes balanced to convey ‘equal merit’.
FAQs
The Purāṇa measures the greatness of Hari-jāgaraṇa by equating it with renowned high-merit gifts performed on major calendrical junctions.
The merit teaching is embedded in Dvārakā-māhātmya, linking devotional acts to the sanctity of Dvārakā.
Tiladāna (sesame donation) with gold to a brāhmaṇa on ayana (solstice) and ravi-saṅkrānti is cited as a benchmark of merit.