Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 103
एवं कृत्वा नरो भक्त्या लभते जन्मनः फलम् । तीर्थेषु दानं वक्ष्यामि येषु यद्दीयते तिथौ
evaṃ kṛtvā naro bhaktyā labhate janmanaḥ phalam | tīrtheṣu dānaṃ vakṣyāmi yeṣu yaddīyate tithau
अशा प्रकारे भक्तीने केल्यास मनुष्य जन्माचे खरे फळ प्राप्त करतो। आता मी तीर्थांतील दानविधान सांगतो—कोणत्या तिथीस काय दान द्यावे।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/seekers within the māhātmya frame
Scene: A teacher-narrator addresses pilgrims, announcing a systematic tithi-wise schedule of gifts at Prabhāsa; listeners hold prayer beads and calendars, indicating disciplined devotion.
FAQs
Human life finds fulfillment through bhakti expressed as tīrtha-sevā and well-timed, scripturally guided charity.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the immediate setting, while introducing a broader tīrtha-wise and tithi-wise dāna system.
A forthcoming schedule of donations according to lunar tithis at sacred places.