Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100
तदहं दानपुण्यं हि करिष्यामि कथं स्फुटम् । कौपीनदण्डात्मधनो धनं स्वल्पं हि नास्ति मे
tadahaṃ dānapuṇyaṃ hi kariṣyāmi kathaṃ sphuṭam | kaupīnadaṇḍātmadhano dhanaṃ svalpaṃ hi nāsti me
‘അപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ ദാനപുണ്യം എങ്ങനെ വ്യക്തമായി നേടും? എന്റെ സമ്പത്ത് കൗപീനവും ദണ്ഡവും മാത്രമാണ്; എനിക്ക് അല്പം ധനവും ഇല്ല.’
Nārada (self-reflection in narration)
Listener: Purāṇic audience within Kaumārikā frame
Scene: A renunciant-like Nārada (or narrator figure) with only kaupīna and daṇḍa, looking at his meager belongings, yet forming a firm resolve to perform charity.
FAQs
Sincere desire to give arises even in renunciation; one seeks dharmic ways to practice charity despite scarcity.
None; it focuses on personal constraint and dharma-intent.
No specific rite; it introduces the problem of how to perform dāna without material wealth.