Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
धान्यत्यागे च तद्धान्यमथवा शालयः स्मृताः । धेनूर्दद्यात्प्रयत्नेन सालंकाराः सकांचनाः
dhānyatyāge ca taddhānyamathavā śālayaḥ smṛtāḥ | dhenūrdadyātprayatnena sālaṃkārāḥ sakāṃcanāḥ
धान्यत्याग केला तर तेच धान्य दान द्यावे, किंवा शास्त्रानुसार शाली (तांदूळ) दान द्यावा। तसेच प्रयत्नपूर्वक अलंकारांनी सजवलेली, सुवर्णासहित गाय दान करावी।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor offers sacks of rice and then leads an adorned cow with garlands and a small gold gift to a priest/charity steward near a Kāśī rest-house; pilgrims receive cooked rice nearby.
FAQs
Austerity should culminate in generosity; the highest restraint is completed by sustaining others through substantial gifts.
No specific tirtha is named; the instruction belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader dharma teaching.
If giving up grains, donate grains (especially rice); also give a cow, ideally ornamented and with gold according to capacity.