Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
आपस्तंब उवाच । उत्तिष्ठाम्येष सुप्रीतः सम्यक्क्रीतोऽस्मि पार्थिव । गोभ्यो मूल्यं न पश्यामि पवित्रं परमं भुवि
āpastaṃba uvāca | uttiṣṭhāmyeṣa suprītaḥ samyakkrīto'smi pārthiva | gobhyo mūlyaṃ na paśyāmi pavitraṃ paramaṃ bhuvi
आपस्तंब म्हणाले—हे राजन्, मी उठतो; मी अत्यंत प्रसन्न आहे, मी सम्यक् संतुष्ट (क्रीत) झालो आहे। पृथ्वीवर गायींपेक्षा श्रेष्ठ मूल्य मला दिसत नाही; त्या परम पवित्र आहेत।
Āpastamba
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Āpastamba, serene and authoritative, rises from his seat addressing the king; cows stand nearby as the emblem of the ‘price’ that surpasses all.
FAQs
Cows symbolize supreme purity and sustaining dharma; honoring them is portrayed as a high meritorious act.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, framed as a place where purity, dāna, and sage-blessings are especially efficacious.
Go-dāna is affirmed as the foremost ‘mūlya’ and purifier, suitable for appeasing a sage.