Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 63
स्वर्णवृष्टिरभूद्यत्र सा स्वर्णखनिरुत्तमा । स मुनिं दर्शयामास खनिं तेन निवेदिताम्
svarṇavṛṣṭirabhūdyatra sā svarṇakhaniruttamā | sa muniṃ darśayāmāsa khaniṃ tena niveditām
ആ സ്വർണ്ണവൃഷ്ടി ഉണ്ടായ സ്ഥലത്ത് അത്യുത്തമമായ സ്വർണ്ണഖനി രൂപപ്പെട്ടു. അവൻ ആ ഖനി മുനിക്ക് കാണിച്ച് അദ്ദേഹത്തിന് സമർപ്പിച്ചു.
Agastya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Svarṇa-khani (mythic)
Type: kund
Scene: The golden shower’s landing-place becomes a gleaming mine; Kubera (or the divine agent) reveals the newly formed gold-mine to the sage as a formal offering.
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Resources gained for dharma should be offered without possessiveness, transforming wealth into merit.
Ayodhyā’s Māhātmya is strengthened through this exemplary account of dharmic giving connected to its royal lineage.
The act of nivedana (formal offering) to a sage—an element of righteous dāna.