Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
दत्त्वार्घ्यं गां च विप्राय मधुपर्कं स भक्तितः । विधिवद्भोजयामास षड्रसेन द्विजोत्तमम्
dattvārghyaṃ gāṃ ca viprāya madhuparkaṃ sa bhaktitaḥ | vidhivadbhojayāmāsa ṣaḍrasena dvijottamam
भक्तिभावाने विप्राला अर्घ्य, गाय आणि मधुपर्क अर्पण करून, नंतर विधिप्रमाणे सहा रसांच्या अन्नाने त्या द्विजोत्तमास भोजन घातले.
Narrator (contextual purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kṛṣṇa offers arghya and madhuparka to a venerable brāhmaṇa, a cow is ceremonially gifted, and a formal meal of six tastes is served with attendants arranging vessels and leaf-plates.
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Devotion expressed through righteous giving and hospitality becomes a means to peace, merit, and reconciliation.
Dvārakā, where dharmic hospitality to sages is shown as integral to the site’s sanctity.
Arghya-offering, go-dāna (gift of a cow), madhuparka, and vidhivat bhojana (feeding a guest properly), including ṣaḍ-rasa foods.