Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79
महीं गां कांचनं लोहं तिलान्कार्पासमेव च । लवणं सप्तधान्यं च दत्त्वा याति सुखं नरः
mahīṃ gāṃ kāṃcanaṃ lohaṃ tilānkārpāsameva ca | lavaṇaṃ saptadhānyaṃ ca dattvā yāti sukhaṃ naraḥ
जो नर भूमी, गाय, सुवर्ण, लोखंड, तीळ, कापूस, मीठ आणि सप्तधान्य दान करतो, तो सुखमय गती प्राप्त करतो.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Scene: A donor ceremonially offers a deed of land, a garlanded cow, gold and iron vessels, sesame in a bowl, cotton cloth, salt, and seven grains arranged in ritual heaps; priests bless the act.
FAQs
Generous dāna supports one’s auspicious passage and wellbeing after death, yielding a ‘happy state’ as a fruit of dharma.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it teaches general purāṇic dharma connected to merit and the afterlife.
Dāna of land, cow, gold, iron, sesame, cotton, salt, and seven grains as meritorious gifts.