Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
अहं भृत्यसमायुक्तः किमनेन द्विजोत्तम । सर्वं तेऽहं प्रदास्यामि ब्रूहि येन प्रयोजनम्
ahaṃ bhṛtyasamāyuktaḥ kimanena dvijottama | sarvaṃ te'haṃ pradāsyāmi brūhi yena prayojanam
“ਮੈਂ ਸੇਵਕਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਰਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹਾਂ—ਇਸ ਦੀ ਕੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ, ਹੇ ਦ੍ਵਿਜੋਤਮ? ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਸਭ ਕੁਝ ਦੇਵਾਂਗਾ; ਦੱਸੋ ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਪ੍ਰਯੋਜਨ ਕੀ ਹੈ।”
Mahiṣāsura
Scene: Mahiṣa, surrounded by attendants, pledges total support to the sage, hands extended in offering; the sage remains composed, indicating that the true request may be non-material.
FAQs
Generosity and service toward the spiritually eminent are praised as marks of dharmic leadership.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it remains within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa dialogue framework.
Dāna (giving) is implied broadly—offering whatever is needed to a sage—without a specific rite.