Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
शातकौंभमयं यस्तु ताम्रचूडं द्विजातये । दद्यात्स्वामिनमुद्दिश्य स तु यात्राफलं लभेत्
śātakauṃbhamayaṃ yastu tāmracūḍaṃ dvijātaye | dadyātsvāminamuddiśya sa tu yātrāphalaṃ labhet
जो कोणी स्वामी परमेश्वरास उद्देशून शुद्ध सुवर्णमय ‘ताम्रचूड’ द्विज (ब्राह्मण) यांस दान देतो, तो निश्चयाने यात्रेचे संपूर्ण फळ प्राप्त करतो।
Narrator (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa offers a gleaming golden ‘tāmra-cūḍa’ to a seated brāhmaṇa, with hands joined in saṅkalpa toward the unseen Lord; the sea-breeze and temple banners suggest the coastal kṣetra.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is perfected by charity offered with devotion and right intention, especially when dedicated to the Lord.
Kumāreśvara/Prabhāsa Kṣetra pilgrimage context.
Dāna: giving a specified valuable article (śātakumbha-maya tāmra-cūḍa) to a dvija, dedicated to the Lord, to gain yātrā-phala.