Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
एवं शप्त्वा तदा विप्रावन्यस्मै गां प्रदाय तौ । क्षुधितौ खेदसंयुक्तौ स्वगृहं गन्तुमुद्यतौ
evaṃ śaptvā tadā viprāvanyasmai gāṃ pradāya tau | kṣudhitau khedasaṃyuktau svagṛhaṃ gantumudyatau
ഇങ്ങനെ ശപിച്ച് ആ രണ്ടു ബ്രാഹ്മണർ ആ പശുവിനെ മറ്റൊരാൾക്ക് ദാനം ചെയ്തു; വിശപ്പും ക്ഷീണവും കൊണ്ട് അവർ സ്വന്തം വീട്ടിലേക്കു പോകാൻ പുറപ്പെട്ടു।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in the Dvārakā Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: After cursing, the two brāhmaṇas hand over a cow to another recipient; they look tired and hungry, then begin their journey home, walking away from Dvārakā’s palace with the sea breeze behind them.
FAQs
Dāna must be handled with clarity and justice; unresolved disputes around gifts can become causes of sin and suffering.
Dvārakā is the sacred narrative frame in which this dharma-episode is recounted.
Go-dāna (gift of a cow) appears as the relevant charitable act, central to the dispute’s aftermath.