Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
फलदानं प्रशंसंति तत्र ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः । वंध्यानां च विशेषेण यतः पुत्रफलं लभेत्
phaladānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti tatra brāhmaṇasattamāḥ | vaṃdhyānāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa yataḥ putraphalaṃ labhet
ત્યાં બ્રાહ્મણશ્રેષ્ઠો ફળદાનની પ્રશંસા કરે છે. ખાસ કરીને સંતાનહીન સ્ત્રીઓ માટે, કારણ કે તેનાથી પુત્રફળરૂપ સંતાનફળ પ્રાપ્ત થઈ શકે છે.
Pulastya (deduced from Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Aviyukta-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: In the sacred precinct, brāhmaṇas praise fruit-gifting; a childless woman offers a basket of fruits with folded hands, receiving blessings; the kṣetra’s grove/shrine stands behind.
FAQs
Charity aligned with place and tradition—here, fruit-giving—becomes spiritually potent and is praised by the learned.
The instruction belongs to the Aviyukta-kṣetra māhātmya context in Arbuda Khaṇḍa (the local sacred field being praised).
Phaladāna (donation of fruits), highlighted as especially beneficial for seeking putra-phala (the blessing of offspring).