Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21
औषधं चान्नपानीयं पादुके कंबलं तथा । वासांस्युपानहौ चैव वित्तं च विभवे सति । वर्जयेत्संकरं विद्वान्यूथालापांस्तथैव च
auṣadhaṃ cānnapānīyaṃ pāduke kaṃbalaṃ tathā | vāsāṃsyupānahau caiva vittaṃ ca vibhave sati | varjayetsaṃkaraṃ vidvānyūthālāpāṃstathaiva ca
Hendaklah diberi ubat, makanan dan minuman, sandal dan selimut, pakaian dan kasut, serta juga wang—menurut kemampuan. Orang bijaksana hendaklah mengelakkan percampuran yang kacau-bilau, dan juga menjauhi bicara sia-sia dalam keramaian.
Nārada (instructing sages/pilgrims; speaker attribution from immediate narrative context of Adhyāya 30)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (yātrā-mārga)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A disciplined relief distribution to pilgrims: medicine and water offered, blankets and sandals stacked neatly; a wise elder gestures for silence and order, preventing crowd-chaos.
FAQs
Pilgrimage should be supported by compassionate giving and disciplined conduct, not by careless social behavior.
Dvārakā, with emphasis on the dharma of those traveling the Dvārakā pilgrimage route.
Dāna of medicine, food, water, clothing, blankets, footwear, and money—done in proportion to one’s means; also a conduct-rule to avoid disorder and idle crowd-chatter.