Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
प्रदद्यादुदकुम्भांश्च दध्योदनसमन्वितान् । गाश्च वासांसि रत्नानि विष्णुर्मे प्रीयतामिति
pradadyādudakumbhāṃśca dadhyodanasamanvitān | gāśca vāsāṃsi ratnāni viṣṇurme prīyatāmiti
തൈര്ചോറോടുകൂടിയ ജലകുംഭങ്ങൾ ദാനം ചെയ്യണം; കൂടാതെ പശുക്കൾ, വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ, രത്നങ്ങൾ എന്നിവയും നൽകി—‘വിഷ്ണു എനിക്കു പ്രസന്നനാകട്ടെ’ എന്നു പ്രാർത്ഥിക്കണം.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Varuṇapada / Dvārakā tīrtha context
Type: tirtha
Scene: A donor presents water-pots and offerings of curd-rice; cows stand adorned; folded hands utter ‘Viṣṇuḥ me prīyatām’; the setting hints at Dvārakā’s sacred precinct with banners and conch motifs.
FAQs
Charity becomes spiritually potent when offered with devotion and a clear dedication to Viṣṇu.
Within the chapter’s Varuṇapada tīrtha context at Dvārakā, where rites and gifts are recommended.
Dāna of water-pots with dadhyodana (curd-rice), along with cows, garments, and jewels, dedicated with the prayer ‘Viṣṇur me prīyatām’.