Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 83
तं प्रणम्य ततो देवा वचनं चेदमब्रुवन् । त्वं दाता त्रिषु लोकेषु त्वत्सकाशमिहगताः
taṃ praṇamya tato devā vacanaṃ cedamabruvan | tvaṃ dātā triṣu lokeṣu tvatsakāśamihagatāḥ
അവനെ പ്രണാമം ചെയ്ത് ദേവന്മാർ ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞു— “ത്രിലോകങ്ങളിലും ദാതാവായി നിങ്ങൾ പ്രസിദ്ധൻ; അതുകൊണ്ട് നിങ്ങളുടെ സന്നിധിയിലേക്കാണ് ഞങ്ങൾ ഇവിടെ വന്നത്।”
Devas (speaking to Dadhīci)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience of the Purāṇa (often sages in frame-story)
Scene: A circle of radiant devas bow with folded hands before the austere sage Dadhīci in a Himalayan hermitage; their faces show urgency and reverence as they praise him as the famed giver of the three worlds.
FAQs
Dāna (generosity) becomes a cosmic reputation; even devas honor and approach the truly giving sage with reverence.
The rishi’s presence in the Kedārakhaṇḍa hermitage is treated as a sacred destination worthy of divine pilgrimage.
No formal ritual is prescribed; the virtue highlighted is dāna as a pillar of purāṇic dharma.
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