Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तिलधेनुं च यो दद्यात्तस्मिंस्तीर्थे समाहितः । तिलसंख्यायुगान्येव स स्वर्गे वसति प्रिये
tiladhenuṃ ca yo dadyāttasmiṃstīrthe samāhitaḥ | tilasaṃkhyāyugānyeva sa svarge vasati priye
Dan siapa pun yang dengan pikiran terpusat mempersembahkan tiladhenu—‘sapi dari wijen’—di tīrtha itu, wahai kekasih, ia tinggal di surga selama yuga sebanyak biji wijen yang ada.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (Kapileśvara-māhātmya setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī/Pārvatī (explicit ‘priye’)
Scene: A donor at Prabhāsa offers a tiladhenu—sesame arranged in the form of a cow, adorned with cloth and flowers—to a priest, with ritual fire nearby and pilgrims watching; the promise of vast heavenly reward is implied through celestial motifs above.
FAQs
Charity performed at a sanctified place with mental steadiness is magnified into vast, long-lasting merit.
Kapileśvara tīrtha within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Tiladhenu-dāna (sesame-cow charity) at the tīrtha, done with samāhita (focused) mind.