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
ឱស្រីជាទីស្រឡាញ់ អ្នកណាដែលមានចិត្តផ្តោតសមាធិ បរិច្ចាគ “ទិលធេនុ” គោធ្វើពីគ្រាប់ល្ង នៅទីធីរថនោះ នឹងស្នាក់នៅសួគ៌យូហ្គាច្រើនប៉ុន្មាន ស្មើនឹងចំនួនគ្រាប់ល្ង។
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.