Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
हिरण्यं तत्र दातव्यं ब्राह्मणे शंसितव्रते । गोदानं विधिवत्तत्र देयं चैव द्विजन्मने
hiraṇyaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇe śaṃsitavrate | godānaṃ vidhivattatra deyaṃ caiva dvijanmane
तेथे प्रशंसित व्रतांनी युक्त अशा ब्राह्मणास सुवर्ण दान करावे; तसेच तेथे विधिपूर्वक गोदान करून द्विजास अर्पण करावे।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa offers gold and a decorated cow to a vow-observant brāhmaṇa near a sacred precinct; attendants hold water-pot and kusa grass; the sea-breeze and temple banners suggest the coastal tīrtha.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is completed by dharma: devotion must culminate in generosity and support of the virtuous.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where dāna is recommended as part of tīrtha-dharma.
Hiraṇya-dāna (donation of gold) and go-dāna (gifting a cow) to qualified recipients, performed vidhivat (according to rite).