हिरण्यादीन्यदाच्चैव महादानानि षोडश । यो यदर्थयते तत्र सामान्यः प्राकृतो जनः । निजकर्मानुसारेण स लेभे च तदेव हि
hiraṇyādīnyadāccaiva mahādānāni ṣoḍaśa | yo yadarthayate tatra sāmānyaḥ prākṛto janaḥ | nijakarmānusāreṇa sa lebhe ca tadeva hi
Baginda juga menganugerahkan emas dan sedekah yang lain—enam belas Mahādāna. Apa sahaja yang dipohon oleh orang kebanyakan di sana, itulah yang diperolehnya, tepat menurut karma lampau masing-masing.
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Varānanā Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Soma distributes gold and the ‘sixteen great gifts’; ordinary pilgrims approach with varied requests; a subtle cosmic balance scale symbolizes karma determining each person’s received boon.
Charity at a tīrtha is powerful, yet results unfold in harmony with one’s own karma—linking grace with moral causality.
Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a place where dāna becomes especially fruitful.
Performance of mahādānas—especially the ‘sixteen great gifts’—and giving gold and other valuables.