Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
सहस्रगुणितं तस्मात्सत्यंसत्यं मयोदितम् । हेममाषार्द्धमानेन द्वारकादानयोगतः
sahasraguṇitaṃ tasmātsatyaṃsatyaṃ mayoditam | hemamāṣārddhamānena dvārakādānayogataḥ
Maka pahala itu menjadi seribu kali lipat—ini benar, benar, sebagaimana kukatakan. Dengan laku dana suci di Dvārakā, bahkan hanya setengah māṣa emas pun memberi buah yang berlipat itu.
Unspecified in snippet (within Dvārakāmāhātmya; likely a revered narrator addressing brāhmaṇas)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas / tīrtha-inquirers
Scene: Within Dvārakā’s sacred precinct, a devotee offers a tiny half-māṣa of gold to a worthy recipient before Kṛṣṇa’s shrine; the act radiates as if multiplied into countless golden sparks.
FAQs
Sacred geography magnifies dharma: even small charity in Dvārakā yields vast merit.
Dvārakā, the famed Vaiṣṇava kṣetra celebrated in the Dvārakāmāhātmya.
Dāna (charitable giving), specifically even a small measure of gold, performed in Dvārakā.