Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64
दीनांधकृपणानां च सदा तत्तीरवासिनाम् । दद्याद्दानं स्वशक्त्या च वित्त शाठ्यविवर्जितः
dīnāṃdhakṛpaṇānāṃ ca sadā tattīravāsinām | dadyāddānaṃ svaśaktyā ca vitta śāṭhyavivarjitaḥ
ആ പുണ്യതീരങ്ങളിൽ വസിക്കുന്ന ദീനരും അന്ധരും ദരിദ്രരുമായവർക്കു, ധനത്തിൽ കപടത ഒഴിവാക്കി, തന്റെ ശേഷിയനുസരിച്ച് എപ്പോഴും ദാനം നൽകണം.
Unspecified (narrative voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya; ethical instruction for tīrtha-yātrā)
Tirtha: Tīra (sacred bank) of the kṣetra (contextual)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrims instructed in kṣetra conduct
Scene: A pilgrim distributes food, cloth, and coins to impoverished and blind residents living near the sacred steps; the act is simple, sincere, and public, without ostentation.
FAQs
A tīrtha-visit is completed by compassion: giving within one’s means, with honesty and without miserliness or trickery.
The Dvārakā sacred region, especially the holy shores/banks associated with its tīrthas.
Regular dāna to needy residents at the sacred banks, proportionate to one’s capacity and without financial deceit.