Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
इक्षुक्षेत्राणि संकल्प्य ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददत्यपि । तथा नानाप्रकारांश्च विकारानैक्षवान्बहून्
ikṣukṣetrāṇi saṃkalpya brāhmaṇebhyo dadatyapi | tathā nānāprakārāṃśca vikārānaikṣavānbahūn
ते संकल्पपूर्वक ऊसाची शेते ब्राह्मणांना दान देतात; तसेच ऊसापासून बनविलेले नानाविध पदार्थही पुष्कळ प्रमाणात अर्पण करतात।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor making a formal gift of a sugarcane field to brāhmaṇas with saṅkalpa; bundles of sugarcane and sweet preparations presented; scribes/witnesses and ritual water-pouring to seal the gift.
FAQs
Substantial, well-intentioned gifts—especially those sustaining livelihood—are exalted as high dharma.
Kāśī’s sacred sphere, where formalized dāna (with saṅkalpa) is especially praised.
Donating sugarcane fields with saṅkalpa, and giving various sugarcane-based preparations.