Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
तस्माद्गावः प्रदातव्याः पूजनीयाश्च नित्यशः । स्वर्गस्य संगमा ह्येताः सोपानमिव निर्मिताः
tasmādgāvaḥ pradātavyāḥ pūjanīyāśca nityaśaḥ | svargasya saṃgamā hyetāḥ sopānamiva nirmitāḥ
അതുകൊണ്ട് പശുക്കളെ ദാനമായി നൽകുകയും നിത്യവും പൂജിക്കുകയും വേണം; കാരണം അവ സ്വർഗ്ഗസംഗമത്തിന്റെ സത്യസ്ഥാനം—മേലോട്ടുയർത്തുന്ന പടവുകളെപ്പോലെ നിർമ്മിതം।
Narratorial voice (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame, implied)
Scene: A donor offers a cow with reverence—garlands, water-pot, and cloth—while a luminous stairway motif rises subtly behind, suggesting ascent to svarga; priests and pilgrims witness within Prabhāsa’s sacred ambience.
FAQs
Charity and daily reverence toward cows are praised as direct, elevating means to spiritual ascent.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where go-dāna and go-pūjā are presented as exceptionally merit-giving.
Perform go-dāna (donation of cows) and practice nitya go-pūjā (daily honoring/worship).