Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26
अतिथये प्रशान्ताय सीदते चाहिताग्नये । श्रोत्रियाय तथैकापि दत्ता बहुगुणा भवेत्
atithaye praśāntāya sīdate cāhitāgnaye | śrotriyāya tathaikāpi dattā bahuguṇā bhavet
शांत अतिथी, दीन जन, आहिताग्नी तसेच वेदज्ञ श्रोत्रिय ब्राह्मण यांना एक जरी गाय दान दिली तरी ते दान अनेकपटींनी पुण्यदायी ठरते.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa respectfully offers a cow (symbolic go-dāna) to a serene guest and to a Veda-versed brāhmaṇa near a tīrtha pavilion; sacred fires of an āhitāgni glow nearby; the sea-breeze of Prabhāsa and temple silhouettes frame the act.
FAQs
Even a small gift becomes vast in merit when offered to the truly deserving—especially guests, the needy, and Veda-rooted practitioners.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the māhātmya emphasizes intensified merit through correct dāna.
Go-dāna to specific recipients—atithi, the distressed, āhitāgni, and śrotriya—is said to multiply the fruit of the gift.