Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
तेन दानानि दत्तानि तीर्थेषु च विशेषतः । मिष्टान्नानि द्विजेंद्राणां दक्षिणासहितानि च
tena dānāni dattāni tīrtheṣu ca viśeṣataḥ | miṣṭānnāni dvijeṃdrāṇāṃ dakṣiṇāsahitāni ca
അവൻ പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിൽ ദാനങ്ങൾ നൽകി; കൂടാതെ ദ്വിജേന്ദ്രന്മാർക്ക് മിഷ്ടാന്നവും ദക്ഷിണയോടുകൂടി ആദരപൂർവം സമർപ്പിച്ചു.
Narrator (Skanda Purāṇa narrative voice; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Unspecified tīrthas (plural)
Type: ghat
Scene: Pilgrimage setting with a bathing ghat: the patron distributes sweet food and dakṣiṇā to seated brāhmaṇas; water, lamps, and offering trays create a festive sacred charity scene.
FAQs
Tīrtha-visits become spiritually fruitful when sealed by dāna—especially annadāna and respectful dakṣiṇā.
The verse praises giving at tīrthas in general; no single location is named in this line.
Charity at sacred places, feeding Brahmins sweet food, and giving appropriate dakṣiṇā.