Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23
सौवर्णनयनं कृत्वा मध्ये रत्नसमन्वितम् । यो ददाति द्विजातिभ्य इन्द्रतीर्थे तथोत्तमे
sauvarṇanayanaṃ kṛtvā madhye ratnasamanvitam | yo dadāti dvijātibhya indratīrthe tathottame
जो मध्यभागी रत्नजडित सुवर्ण-नेत्र करून उत्तम इंद्रतीर्थी द्विजांना दान देतो—तो पुढे सांगितलेल्या प्रशंसित फलाचा अधिकारी होतो.
Unspecified (Purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha: Indratīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (bhūpa) is addressed in adjacent verses; this verse continues the same didactic narration.
Scene: At a sacred ford/pond of Indratīrtha, a devotee presents a crafted golden eye with a central jewel to a seated learned brāhmaṇa, with the tīrtha waters and a small shrine in the background.
FAQs
Targeted dāna performed at a celebrated tīrtha is taught as a dharmic act that yields specific, compassionate fruits.
Indratīrtha is explicitly named and praised as ‘excellent’ (uttama).
Donate a gem-set golden ‘eye’ (nayana) to the twice-born at Indratīrtha.