Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93
सर्पिर्लवणरूप्याख्या दशैते पर्वताः स्मृताः । गुडाज्यदधिमध्वंबुसलिल क्षीरशर्कराः । रत्नाख्याश्च स्वरूपेण दशैता धेनवो मताः
sarpirlavaṇarūpyākhyā daśaite parvatāḥ smṛtāḥ | guḍājyadadhimadhvaṃbusalila kṣīraśarkarāḥ | ratnākhyāśca svarūpeṇa daśaitā dhenavo matāḥ
ਘੀ, ਲੂਣ, ਚਾਂਦੀ ਆਦਿ ਨਾਮਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਦਸ ‘ਪਹਾੜ’ ਮੰਨੇ ਗਏ ਹਨ। ਇਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਗੁੜ, ਘੀ, ਦਹੀਂ, ਸ਼ਹਿਦ, ਜਲ, ਨਿਰਮਲ ਜਲ, ਦੁੱਧ ਅਤੇ ਸ਼ੱਕਰ ਆਦਿ; ਅਤੇ ਰੂਪ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਦਸ ‘ਧੇਨੂਆਂ’ ਨੂੰ ਰਤਨ-ਧੇਨੂ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (dāna-vidhi context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Ritual imagination of ‘ten mountains’ made of auspicious substances (ghee, salt, silver, etc.) and ‘ten cows’ embodying jewel-like forms; priests consecrate these symbolic gifts at a coastal sacred site.
FAQs
Purāṇic charity often uses symbolic representations (mountains, cows) to express abundance and devotional intent in giving.
The dāna-teaching belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context.
Offering ‘mountain-like’ heaps of specified substances and ‘cow’ representations (dhenus), including jewel-cows, as part of mahādāna practice.