Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84
संसारसागरे घोरे धर्माधर्मोर्मिसंकुले । दानं तत्र निषेवेत तच्च नौरिव निर्मितम्
saṃsārasāgare ghore dharmādharmormisaṃkule | dānaṃ tatra niṣeveta tacca nauriva nirmitam
ក្នុងសមុទ្រដ៏គួរភ័យខ្លាចនៃសង្សារ ដែលរលកធម៌ និងអធម៌កូរច្របល់ គួរតែអនុវត្តទាន; ព្រោះនៅទីនោះ ទាន ត្រូវបានបង្កើតដូចទូកសម្រាប់ឆ្លងកាត់។
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Scene: A stormy ocean labeled ‘saṃsāra’ with waves ‘dharma’ and ‘adharma’; a sturdy boat named ‘dāna’ carries pilgrims safely toward a luminous shore.
FAQs
Charity (dāna) is a practical dharmic means that helps one cross the perilous ocean of saṃsāra.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it presents a general Purāṇic principle of dharma centered on dāna.
The prescription is to ‘practice dāna’—regular charitable giving as a dharmic discipline.