Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 63
स्वर्णवृष्टिरभूद्यत्र सा स्वर्णखनिरुत्तमा । स मुनिं दर्शयामास खनिं तेन निवेदिताम्
svarṇavṛṣṭirabhūdyatra sā svarṇakhaniruttamā | sa muniṃ darśayāmāsa khaniṃ tena niveditām
जिथे ती सुवर्णवर्षा झाली, तिथे उत्तम सुवर्णखाण निर्माण झाली. त्याने ती खाण मुनिंना दाखवून त्यांना अर्पण केली।
Agastya (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Svarṇa-khani (mythic)
Type: kund
Scene: The golden shower’s landing-place becomes a gleaming mine; Kubera (or the divine agent) reveals the newly formed gold-mine to the sage as a formal offering.
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Resources gained for dharma should be offered without possessiveness, transforming wealth into merit.
Ayodhyā’s Māhātmya is strengthened through this exemplary account of dharmic giving connected to its royal lineage.
The act of nivedana (formal offering) to a sage—an element of righteous dāna.