Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
तद्भूयात्पादसंयुक्तः स वृको दान वोत्तमः । येन क्षेमं च देवानां द्विजानां जायते द्विज
tadbhūyātpādasaṃyuktaḥ sa vṛko dāna vottamaḥ | yena kṣemaṃ ca devānāṃ dvijānāṃ jāyate dvija
അപ്പോൾ ആ വൃകൻ പാദസമ്പന്നനായിരിക്കട്ടെ, ഹേ ദാനശ്രേഷ്ഠാ; അതിനാൽ ദേവന്മാർക്കും ദ്വിജന്മാർക്കും ക്ഷേമവും സുരക്ഷയും ഉദിക്കട്ടെ, ഹേ ദ്വിജാ।
Brahmā (contextual continuation)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija (addressed as 'dvija', 'dvijottama')
Scene: A brāhmaṇa authority figure instructs that the dānava Vṛka be made 'foot-endowed' in a regulated manner, with devas and brāhmaṇas symbolically sheltered behind the rite; the setting suggests a sacred pit/clearing near a tīrtha.
FAQs
True righteousness seeks outcomes that secure kṣema (welfare) for gods and the pious; power must be arranged to protect dharma.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
No explicit rite; the verse references dāna (the virtue of giving) as an honorific and frames a protective, dharmic arrangement.