Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
दद्यादुपानहौ भक्त्या कुंकुमं च विशेषतः । कम्बलं तैलपक्वं च विष्णुर्मे प्रीयतामिति
dadyādupānahau bhaktyā kuṃkumaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | kambalaṃ tailapakvaṃ ca viṣṇurme prīyatāmiti
သဒ္ဓါဖြင့် ဖိနပ်ကို လှူဒါန်းရမည်၊ အထူးသဖြင့် ကုင်ကူမ (ဇာဖရန်) ကိုလည်း ပေးလှူရမည်။ ထို့ပြင် စောင်နှင့် ဆီဖြင့်ချက်သော အစာကိုလည်း လှူ၍ “ဗိဿနုသည် ငါ့အပေါ် ပျော်ရွှင်ပါစေ” ဟု ဆုတောင်းရမည်။
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative convention within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Gomatī/Dvārakā tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee at Dvārakā’s riverbank/temple courtyard offers sandals, kumkuma, a blanket, and a dish of oil-cooked food to a recipient, hands folded, softly uttering ‘Viṣṇur me prīyatām’.
FAQs
Devotional charity (dāna) offered with the intention of pleasing Viṣṇu becomes a direct means to merit and purification.
The broader context is Dvārakā and the Prabhāsa region, where pilgrimage-dharma is taught through concrete acts like dāna.
Giving in charity: footwear, saffron (especially), a blanket, and oil-cooked food—accompanied by the prayer “May Viṣṇu be pleased.”