Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76
एकैकस्य फलं तात वक्ष्यामि शृणु तत्त्वतः । दानेन लभते भोगानिह लोके परत्र च
ekaikasya phalaṃ tāta vakṣyāmi śṛṇu tattvataḥ | dānena labhate bhogāniha loke paratra ca
താതാ! ഓരോന്നിന്റെയും യഥാർത്ഥ ഫലം ഞാൻ പറയുന്നു—തത്ത്വമായി കേൾക്കുക. ദാനത്തിലൂടെ മനുഷ്യൻ ഇഹലോകത്തും പരലോകത്തും ഭോഗസമ്പത്ത് നേടുന്നു.
Vyāsa (continuing instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira; implied from surrounding dialogue)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: tāta / dear one (generic disciple-address)
Scene: A teacher-sage addressing a seated listener in a forest hermitage, gesturing as if enumerating fruits of charity; offerings and a small fire nearby symbolize dharma.
FAQs
Charity is presented as a dharmic cause that yields both worldly welfare and posthumous spiritual benefit.
The broader passage belongs to Dharmāraṇya’s praise, where acts done in the sacred region are explained with their fruits.
The prescription is dāna itself, with an announced intention to enumerate the specific fruits of each gift/act.