Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
परिलिख्य च यो दद्यात्सौवर्णकरिसंयुतम् । कार्तिक्यां पौण्डरीकस्य यज्ञस्य फलभाग्भवेत्
parilikhya ca yo dadyātsauvarṇakarisaṃyutam | kārtikyāṃ pauṇḍarīkasya yajñasya phalabhāgbhavet
जो ते विधिपूर्वक लिहून घेऊन सुवर्णहत्तीसमवेत दान करतो, तो कार्तिक महिन्यात पौण्डरीक यज्ञाच्या फळाचा भागीदार होतो।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor presents a freshly copied manuscript wrapped in cloth, alongside a small golden elephant icon, to a learned brāhmaṇa/ācārya near a temple courtyard during Kārtika; lamps and tulasī/temple flags suggest the season.
FAQs
Devotional charity in Kārtika can confer merits comparable to great Vedic sacrifices, showing dāna as an accessible dharma.
The instruction is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, implying Prabhāsa as a powerful setting for such meritorious acts.
Donate a properly copied sacred text along with a golden elephant during Kārtika to gain Pauṇḍarīka-yajña-like merit.