Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
तिलधेनुं च यो दद्यात्तस्मिंस्तीर्थे समाहितः । तिलसंख्यायुगान्येव स स्वर्गे वसति प्रिये
tiladhenuṃ ca yo dadyāttasmiṃstīrthe samāhitaḥ | tilasaṃkhyāyugānyeva sa svarge vasati priye
O minamahal, sinumang may nakatuong isip na maghandog ng “tiladhenu” (bakang yari sa linga) sa tīrtha na iyon, mananahan sa langit sa dami ng yuga na kasindami ng butil ng linga.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (Kapileśvara-māhātmya setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī/Pārvatī (explicit ‘priye’)
Scene: A donor at Prabhāsa offers a tiladhenu—sesame arranged in the form of a cow, adorned with cloth and flowers—to a priest, with ritual fire nearby and pilgrims watching; the promise of vast heavenly reward is implied through celestial motifs above.
FAQs
Charity performed at a sanctified place with mental steadiness is magnified into vast, long-lasting merit.
Kapileśvara tīrtha within Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Tiladhenu-dāna (sesame-cow charity) at the tīrtha, done with samāhita (focused) mind.
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