Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
अस्ति कश्चित्प्रतिग्राही यस्मै दद्यामहं धनम् । इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा कैश्चिच्चांगुलिसंज्ञया
asti kaścitpratigrāhī yasmai dadyāmahaṃ dhanam | iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā kaiściccāṃgulisaṃjñayā
‘ನಾನು ಈ ಧನವನ್ನು ಯಾರಿಗೆ ಕೊಡಲಿ? ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸುವವನು ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಇದ್ದಾನೆಯೇ?’ ಎಂದು ಅವನು ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ, ಅವನ ಮಾತು ಕೇಳಿ ಕೆಲವರು ಬೆರಳಿನ ಸಂಕೇತದಿಂದ (ಒಬ್ಬನನ್ನು) ತೋರಿಸಿದರು.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: A donor asks for a worthy recipient; townspeople exchange looks and subtly point with fingers toward a seated figure, suggesting intrigue and moral compromise.
FAQs
Dāna requires discernment about the recipient; the moral quality of giving depends on right intention and right channel.
The setting remains within Kāśī’s tīrtha milieu; the specific tīrtha named nearby is Cakrasarasa.
Dāna (charitable gifting) is central, with emphasis on locating an appropriate pratigrāhī (recipient).