Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75
दक्षिणायां तु सर्वत्र बहुदेयं तथास्तु नः । एवमस्त्विति तैर्वाच्यं मूर्ध्ना ग्राह्यं च तेन तत्
dakṣiṇāyāṃ tu sarvatra bahudeyaṃ tathāstu naḥ | evamastviti tairvācyaṃ mūrdhnā grāhyaṃ ca tena tat
ဒက္ခိဏာပေးရာ၌ နေရာတိုင်းတွင် ရက်ရောစွာ ပေးလှူရမည်—ကျွန်ုပ်တို့အတွက်လည်း ထိုသို့ ဖြစ်ပါစေ။ ပူဇော်ပွဲဆောင်ရွက်သူတို့က “အဲဒီလို ဖြစ်ပါစေ” ဟု ဆိုရမည်၊ ပေးလှူသူကလည်း ဦးခေါင်းငုံ့၍ ထိုအတည်ပြုချက်ကို လက်ခံရမည်။
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor offers dakṣiṇā to officiants seated near a ritual fire/altar; the priests respond ‘evam astu’ with raised blessing-hand; the donor bows, touching head in reverence.
FAQs
Charity completes ritual: generosity (dakṣiṇā) and humility together seal the rite’s auspicious fruit.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where śrāddha is framed as complete only with proper dakṣiṇā and blessing-exchange.
Give ample dakṣiṇā; the Brāhmaṇas respond “evam astu,” and the patron receives it respectfully with bowed head.
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