Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
तत्र यः कपिलां दद्याद्ब्राह्मणायाहिताग्नये । स गणः स्यान्न संदेहो हरस्य दयितस्तथा
tatra yaḥ kapilāṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇāyāhitāgnaye | sa gaṇaḥ syānna saṃdeho harasya dayitastathā
तेथे जो आहिताग्नि ब्राह्मणास कपिला गाय दान देतो, तो निःसंशय हराचा (शिवाचा) गण होतो आणि हरास प्रिय होतो.
Brahmasaṃbhava Muni (deduced from concluding verse of the passage)
Tirtha: Mahāyogipura-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At a Śiva shrine, a donor leads a tawny kapilā cow adorned with garlands to an āhitāgni brāhmaṇa; sacred fires glow; Śiva’s gaṇas appear subtly in the background, blessing the act.
FAQs
Dāna performed with proper recipient and sacred context becomes a direct act of devotion to Śiva and yields intimate proximity to him.
The verse continues the Rudrāvarta context (“there”), within the Mahāyogipura/Rudrāvarta māhātmya.
Kapilā-go-dāna (gift of a tawny cow) to an āhitāgni brāhmaṇa.