Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
विप्रेभ्योऽनुचरान्देहि एकैकस्मै द्विजातये । द्वौ द्वौ शुद्धात्मकौ चैवं देहि मातः प्रसीद मे
viprebhyo'nucarāndehi ekaikasmai dvijātaye | dvau dvau śuddhātmakau caivaṃ dehi mātaḥ prasīda me
“ขอจงประทานผู้ติดตามแก่เหล่าพราหมณ์—แก่ทวิชะแต่ละคนให้สองคน ผู้มีจิตบริสุทธิ์เช่นนั้นเถิด โอ้พระมารดา โปรดประทานตามนี้ และทรงเมตตาแก่ข้าพเจ้า”
Ajeśa (addressing Kāmadhenu as ‘Mother’)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (Rājan)
Scene: Ajeśa (or the supplicant) petitions Kāmadhenu as ‘Mother’ to grant two pure attendants to each brāhmaṇa; Kāmadhenu stands benevolent, sages/brāhmaṇas in the background.
FAQs
Supporting sacred practitioners is framed not merely as charity, but as dharmic service that sustains learning, worship, and righteous living.
Dharmāraṇya provides the sacred context where such dharmic arrangements are instituted and praised.
A form of dāna/sevā is indicated: providing pure attendants (two per dvija) as support for religious life.