Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 90
दानं चतुर्विधं दानमुत्सर्गः कल्पितं तथा । संश्रुतं चेति विविधं तत्क्रमात्परिकीर्तितम्
dānaṃ caturvidhaṃ dānamutsargaḥ kalpitaṃ tathā | saṃśrutaṃ ceti vividhaṃ tatkramātparikīrtitam
ទានមាន៤ប្រភេទ៖ (១) ទាន—ការផ្តល់ដោយដៃផ្ទាល់, (២) ឧត្សರ್ಗ—ការបរិច្ចាគជាសាធារណៈ/មូលនិធិ, (៣) កល្បិត—ការផ្តល់ដែលបានកំណត់រៀបចំ, និង (៤) សំស្រុត—ការផ្តល់ដែលបានសន្យា។ ទាំងនេះត្រូវបានបង្រៀនតាមលំដាប់។
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Scene: A schematic narrative tableau showing four panels: a donor handing a gift; a public endowment to a temple/ghāṭa; an assigned provision (granary/annadāna kitchen); and a pledge recorded by a scribe on copper-plate/palm-leaf.
FAQs
Charity is not one-dimensional; the Purāṇa systematizes dāna into forms that support both individuals and public welfare.
No specific site is named; the verse provides a dharma-classification relevant to tīrtha culture and public merit.
Undertake dāna in its recognized forms—direct gifts, public endowments, arranged giving, and pledged giving—according to capacity and context.