Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33
ये धारयन्ति च गृहे धन्यास्ते नात्र संशयः । प्रातरुत्थाय यस्तस्याः कुरुते तु प्रदक्षिणाम्
ye dhārayanti ca gṛhe dhanyāste nātra saṃśayaḥ | prātarutthāya yastasyāḥ kurute tu pradakṣiṇām
ಅವಳನ್ನು ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲಿಸುವವರು ಧನ್ಯರು—ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಶಯವಿಲ್ಲ. ಮತ್ತು ಯಾರು ಪ್ರಾತಃಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಎದ್ದು ಅವಳಿಗೆ ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೋ…
Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue)
Tirtha: Kapilā-go (as moving tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At dawn in a courtyard, a householder (or the king) performs clockwise pradakṣiṇā around a calm Kapilā cow; soft sunrise light, incense, and a small lamp; family and sage witness the act.
FAQs
Household devotion expressed through care and reverence (especially toward the sacred cow) is affirmed as a direct source of puṇya.
The immediate context is a Revā-region tīrtha discourse, though this verse highlights household practice rather than a single named site.
Rising early and performing pradakṣiṇā (clockwise circumambulation) of the revered cow.
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