Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
यथोक्तां दक्षिणां दद्याद्विष्णुर्मे प्रीयतामिति । विशेषतः प्रदातव्यं सुवर्णं विप्रसत्तमाः
yathoktāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādviṣṇurme prīyatāmiti | viśeṣataḥ pradātavyaṃ suvarṇaṃ viprasattamāḥ
शास्त्रोक्त दक्षिणा द्यावी—“विष्णु माझ्यावर प्रसन्न होवोत” असे म्हणत. हे श्रेष्ठ विप्रांनो, विशेषतः सुवर्णदान करावे.
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Gomatī-tīra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: After śrāddha, the yajamāna offers dakṣiṇā to learned brāhmaṇas, holding a small gold piece in a cloth, uttering ‘Viṣṇur me prīyatām’.
FAQs
Charity seals ritual with ethical giving—dāna offered for Viṣṇu’s pleasure completes the tīrtha act.
The Dvārakā tīrtha context where post-rite dakṣiṇā and dāna are emphasized.
Give dakṣiṇā as enjoined, with the sankalpa “May Viṣṇu be pleased,” and especially donate gold.