Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
सहस्रगुणितं तस्मात्सत्यंसत्यं मयोदितम् । हेममाषार्द्धमानेन द्वारकादानयोगतः
sahasraguṇitaṃ tasmātsatyaṃsatyaṃ mayoditam | hemamāṣārddhamānena dvārakādānayogataḥ
Maka pahala itu menjadi seribu kali ganda—benar, benar, demikianlah yang aku nyatakan. Bahkan dengan amalan sedekah suci di Dvārakā, hanya dengan emas setengah māṣa, seseorang memperoleh buah yang berlipat itu.
Unspecified in snippet (within Dvārakāmāhātmya; likely a revered narrator addressing brāhmaṇas)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas / tīrtha-inquirers
Scene: Within Dvārakā’s sacred precinct, a devotee offers a tiny half-māṣa of gold to a worthy recipient before Kṛṣṇa’s shrine; the act radiates as if multiplied into countless golden sparks.
FAQs
Sacred geography magnifies dharma: even small charity in Dvārakā yields vast merit.
Dvārakā, the famed Vaiṣṇava kṣetra celebrated in the Dvārakāmāhātmya.
Dāna (charitable giving), specifically even a small measure of gold, performed in Dvārakā.