Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
संपूज्य पुष्पमालाभि धूपेन च सुगन्धिना । ददौ दक्षिणया सार्द्धं प्रतिविप्राय गां तदा । तांबूलसहितां भक्त्या विष्णुर्मे प्रीयतामिति
saṃpūjya puṣpamālābhi dhūpena ca sugandhinā | dadau dakṣiṇayā sārddhaṃ prativiprāya gāṃ tadā | tāṃbūlasahitāṃ bhaktyā viṣṇurme prīyatāmiti
ಪುಷ್ಪಮಾಲೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಸುಗಂಧಧೂಪದಿಂದ ಸಮ್ಯಕ್ ಪೂಜಿಸಿ, ನಂತರ ಪ್ರತಿವಿಪ್ರನಿಗೂ ದಕ್ಷಿಣೆಯೊಡನೆ ಒಂದು ಗೋವನ್ನು ದಾನಮಾಡಿದನು; ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ತಾಂಬೂಲ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿ—“ವಿಷ್ಣು ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ರೀತನಾಗಲಿ” ಎಂದನು।
Prahlāda
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame assumed; not explicit here)
Scene: A line of brāhmaṇas each receives a cow and dakṣiṇā; garlands and incense smoke curl upward; the king offers tāmbūla with folded hands, uttering ‘Viṣṇur me prīyatām’; a subtle Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa emblem or shrine appears behind.
FAQs
Charity becomes worship when offered with bhakti and the intention of pleasing Viṣṇu, not for personal fame.
Dvārakā Māhātmya—centered on Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa’s sacred domain—uses such acts to illustrate the dharma of that holy region.
Brāhmaṇa-pūjā with garlands and incense, followed by go-dāna with dakṣiṇā and tāmbūla offering.