Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 71
सुरूपाश्च सदाचाराः सर्वधर्मेषु निष्ठिताः । दानधर्म्मरताः सर्वे अत्रजा जलदा द्विजाः
surūpāśca sadācārāḥ sarvadharmeṣu niṣṭhitāḥ | dānadharmmaratāḥ sarve atrajā jaladā dvijāḥ
ते सुरूप, सदाचारी व सर्व धर्मांत निष्ठावंत आहेत। येथे जन्मलेले हे सर्व द्विज दानधर्मात रत आहेत—जसे जलधारक मेघ।
Unspecified (narrative voice within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dvijas distributing gifts—grain, cloth, water—while monsoon clouds gather above, visually merging donors with rain-clouds; villagers receive with folded hands.
FAQs
Charity (dāna) is celebrated as a hallmark of dharma, making the righteous nourish society like clouds that give rain.
Dharmāraṇya is praised indirectly by extolling the virtues of those born there (atrajāḥ).
Dāna-dharma—active commitment to charitable giving.