Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24
शक्र उवाच । किं तवागमनं चात्र किं कार्यं कथयस्व मे । यदस्मदीयं वित्तं हि तत्ते दास्यामि दानव
śakra uvāca | kiṃ tavāgamanaṃ cātra kiṃ kāryaṃ kathayasva me | yadasmadīyaṃ vittaṃ hi tatte dāsyāmi dānava
شکر نے کہا: “تو یہاں کیوں آیا ہے اور تیرا مقصد کیا ہے؟ مجھے بتا۔ ہمارا جو بھی مال و دولت ہے، وہ میں تجھے دے دوں گا، اے دانَو!”
Śakra (Indra)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tirtha-sphere (contextual)
Type: river
Listener: Andhaka (in-scene); primary audience in frame is the sages
Scene: Indra (Śakra) addresses Andhaka with guarded courtesy, offering celestial wealth; the court atmosphere is tense, with devas watching a dangerous guest.
FAQs
It contrasts true dāna (charity rooted in dharma) with fearful appeasement; generosity without steadiness can become surrender.
No earthly tīrtha is referenced; the setting is Indra’s realm.
No formal rite is prescribed; only an offer of wealth (vitta) is mentioned.