Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64
सांप्रतं भक्तिद त्तानां किं स्याज्जानामि नो फलम् । एतस्मात्कारणाद्दानं सक्तूनां प्रकरोम्यहम् । तीर्थेऽस्मिन्भक्तिसंयुक्तः सत्येनात्मानमालभे
sāṃprataṃ bhaktida ttānāṃ kiṃ syājjānāmi no phalam | etasmātkāraṇāddānaṃ saktūnāṃ prakaromyaham | tīrthe'sminbhaktisaṃyuktaḥ satyenātmānamālabhe
Ngayon, hindi ko nalalaman kung ano ang magiging bunga kapag ang handog ay ibinigay na may debosyon. Dahil dito, isasagawa ko ang pag-aalay ng saktu. Sa banal na tirtha na ito, na may kasamang debosyon, iaalay ko ang aking sarili sa pamamagitan ng katotohanan.
Unspecified devotee/narrated character (within Pulastya’s narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: ghat
Listener: Dvijottamas
Scene: A devotee at the river/ghat of a sacred ford resolves to offer saktu with devotion; hands in añjali, a small bowl of parched flour prepared; a subtle Śiva-linga or Maheśvara shrine nearby; the figure’s posture conveys satya-niṣṭhā.
FAQs
Dāna becomes spiritually potent when joined with bhakti and satya, especially when performed in a tīrtha.
The verse explicitly praises performing the act 'in this tīrtha' within the Arbuda sacred geography of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Offering saktu (parched flour) as dāna at a tīrtha, accompanied by devotion and a vow of truthfulness/self-dedication.