Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
दंपत्योर्वाससी चैव कंचुकोष्णीषमेव च । लक्ष्म्या सह जगन्नाथो विष्णुर्मे प्रीयतामिति
daṃpatyorvāsasī caiva kaṃcukoṣṇīṣameva ca | lakṣmyā saha jagannātho viṣṇurme prīyatāmiti
ദമ്പതികൾക്കുള്ള വസ്ത്രങ്ങളും, കൂടാതെ കഞ്ചുകവും ഉഷ്ണീഷവും ദാനം ചെയ്യണം—“ലക്ഷ്മിയോടുകൂടിയ ജഗന്നാഥ വിഷ്ണു എനിക്കു പ്രസന്നനാകട്ടെ” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Gomatī-tīra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee presents folded garments—two sets for a couple, a tunic, and a turban—to brāhmaṇas or deserving recipients, while envisioning Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa blessing the act; Dvārakā’s temple spire and sea breeze animate the cloth.
FAQs
Devotion expresses itself through compassionate giving—vastra-dāna offered with remembrance of Viṣṇu-Lakṣmī is praised.
Dvārakā’s tīrtha setting, where prescribed gifts accompany worship and ancestral rites.
Donate garments (including for a couple), a tunic, and a turban, with the formula “May Jagannātha Viṣṇu with Lakṣmī be pleased.”