Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
तदिषे पञ्चदश्यां तु यो दद्याद्धेनुसंयुतम् । उत्तमां सिद्धिमाप्नोति इह लोके परत्र च । सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा
tadiṣe pañcadaśyāṃ tu yo dadyāddhenusaṃyutam | uttamāṃ siddhimāpnoti iha loke paratra ca | sarvānkāmānavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
इषे (आश्विन) महिन्याच्या पंधराव्या तिथीस जो गाईसहित दान करतो, तो इहलोकी व परलोकी उत्तम सिद्धी प्राप्त करतो. तो सर्व कामना साधतो; येथे विचार करण्याचे कारण नाही.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee leads a decorated cow (with cloth, garland, horn caps) to a temple courtyard on the fifteenth lunar day; priests chant sankalpa; offerings and lamps surround the scene, suggesting assured siddhi.
FAQs
Charity performed at the right sacred time, especially with a dhenu (cow), is said to yield both worldly welfare and spiritual attainment.
The statement is part of the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, implying such dāna is especially meritorious in the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.
Perform a prescribed donation on Iṣe (Āśvina) day 15, specifically “dhenusaṃyuta” (with a cow).