Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
सूत उवाच । तदुद्दिश्य प्रदातव्यमेकैकस्य पृथक्पृथक् । प्रत्यक्षाश्च महाभाग दातव्या धेनवः क्रमात्
sūta uvāca | taduddiśya pradātavyamekaikasya pṛthakpṛthak | pratyakṣāśca mahābhāga dātavyā dhenavaḥ kramāt
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു— അവരെ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ച് ഓരോരുത്തർക്കും വേർതിരിച്ച് അർപ്പണം നൽകണം. ഹേ മഹാഭാഗ, ക്രമാനുസരിച്ച് പ്രത്യക്ഷമായ (യഥാർത്ഥ) ധേനുക്കളെയും ദാനമായി നൽകണം.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta instructs the sages: offerings must be given separately to each; a line of cows, garlanded and calm, stands ready for gifting; a brāhmaṇa recipient waits with ritual vessels as the sequence proceeds.
FAQs
Devotion is made concrete through disciplined generosity—giving intentionally, individually, and with real offerings.
The instruction belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting, guiding how merit is earned there through dāna.
Offer dāna to each intended recipient separately, and perform gau-dāna (gift of actual cows) in a prescribed order.