Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12
महोक्षांश्च सुवस्त्राणि भूस्थानान्याश्रयांस्तथा । दासीदासांस्तथा भृत्यान्दानानि विविधानि च
mahokṣāṃśca suvastrāṇi bhūsthānānyāśrayāṃstathā | dāsīdāsāṃstathā bhṛtyāndānāni vividhāni ca
त्यांनी मोठे बैल, उत्तम वस्त्रे, भूमीचे तुकडे व निवासस्थानही दिले; तसेच दासी, दास, भृत्य-परिचारक—अशी विविध प्रकारची दाने अर्पण केली।
Narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A continuation of the donation ceremony: great bulls, fine garments, land plots and dwellings symbolized by deed-scrolls/miniature house icons, and attendants/servants presented as part of royal endowment (depicted as retinue rather than commodification).
FAQs
Generosity expressed through practical support—clothing, shelter, land, and resources—is praised as tīrtha-based dharma.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where such gifts are described as part of the holy narrative.
Dāna of multiple categories of goods and support resources (cattle, clothing, land, housing, attendants).