Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
सत्कृत्य तं द्विजं भक्त्या दुकूलादि प्रदानतः । एकांते तं द्विजं राजा पप्रच्छ निजहृत्स्थितम्
satkṛtya taṃ dvijaṃ bhaktyā dukūlādi pradānataḥ | ekāṃte taṃ dvijaṃ rājā papraccha nijahṛtsthitam
Setelah memuliakan sang dvija dengan bhakti—memberikan kain halus (dukūla) dan persembahan lainnya—raja lalu, dalam tempat sunyi, menanyai brahmana itu tentang perkara yang tersimpan di hatinya.
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)
Tirtha: काशी-क्षेत्र (सत्कार-धर्म)
Type: kshetra
Listener: श्रवणसमाजः
Scene: राजा ब्राह्मणं दुकूल-वस्त्रादिभिः सत्कृत्य, एकान्तकक्षे उपवेश्य, नम्रतया हृदयस्थं प्रश्नं पृच्छति; ब्राह्मणः शान्त-तेजस्वी
FAQs
Devotional giving and respectful inquiry are proper ways to approach spiritual authority for guidance.
Kāśī is the contextual sacred place; the verse illustrates dharma practiced within Kāśī’s narrative world.
Dāna (charitable gifting), specifically of fine garments (dūkūla) and related offerings, as part of satkāra to a brāhmaṇa.