Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30
तस्य पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि महाभागवतस्य हि । तिलप्रस्थहस्रं तु सहिरण्यं द्विजातये । दत्त्वा यत्फलमाप्नोति ह्ययने रविसंक्रमे
tasya puṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi mahābhāgavatasya hi | tilaprasthahasraṃ tu sahiraṇyaṃ dvijātaye | dattvā yatphalamāpnoti hyayane ravisaṃkrame
ឥឡូវនេះ ខ្ញុំនឹងប្រកាសអំពីបុណ្យផលរបស់អ្នកប भक्त ដ៏មហាភាគវតៈនោះ។ ផលដែលគេបានដោយបរិច្ចាគសេសាមមួយពាន់ប្រស្ថា ជាមួយមាស ដល់ទ្វិជៈ (ព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍) នៅថ្ងៃអយនៈ និងពេលព្រះអាទិត្យឆ្លងរាសី—ផលនោះក៏កើតមានដល់គាត់ដែរ។
Narrator within Dvārakā-māhātmya
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Dvādaśī Hari-jāgaraṇa with dāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa receives heaps of sesame (tila) with gold on a solstice/saṅkrānti day; parallel vignette shows a Dvādaśī night vigil in Dvārakā—two scenes balanced to convey ‘equal merit’.
FAQs
The Purāṇa measures the greatness of Hari-jāgaraṇa by equating it with renowned high-merit gifts performed on major calendrical junctions.
The merit teaching is embedded in Dvārakā-māhātmya, linking devotional acts to the sanctity of Dvārakā.
Tiladāna (sesame donation) with gold to a brāhmaṇa on ayana (solstice) and ravi-saṅkrānti is cited as a benchmark of merit.