Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 127
तेभ्यो ब्रह्मर्षिमुख्येभ्यः सदस्येभ्यस्तथैव च । ददौ हिरण्यं रत्नानि कोटिशो भूरिदक्षिणाः
tebhyo brahmarṣimukhyebhyaḥ sadasyebhyastathaiva ca | dadau hiraṇyaṃ ratnāni koṭiśo bhūridakṣiṇāḥ
ആ പ്രധാന ബ്രഹ്മർഷികൾക്കും യജ്ഞത്തിലെ അംഗങ്ങൾക്കും അവൻ സ്വർണ്ണവും രത്നങ്ങളും—കോടികളായി എണ്ണപ്പെടുന്ന—അപാര യജ്ഞദക്ഷിണയായി നൽകി।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara/Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A sacrificial hall with sages seated as sadasyas; attendants bring heaps of gold and jewel caskets; Soma/Brahmā’s patronage is shown through orderly gifting to the brahmarṣis and ritual members.
FAQs
Dharma honors sacred service: supporting learned officiants through generous gifts completes and sanctifies worship.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where grand rites are portrayed as accompanied by exemplary dakṣiṇā.
Distribution of dakṣiṇā—gold and jewels—to the chief sages and the officiating priests of the sacrifice.