Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49
यदीच्छेदूर्ध्वगमनमात्मनः पितृभिः सह । सर्वाङ्गरुचिरां धेनुं यो दद्यादग्रजन्मने
yadīcchedūrdhvagamanamātmanaḥ pitṛbhiḥ saha | sarvāṅgarucirāṃ dhenuṃ yo dadyādagrajanmane
اگر کوئی اپنے آباؤ اجداد کے ساتھ اعلیٰ دنیاؤں میں جانے کی خواہش رکھتا ہے، تو اسے چاہیے کہ وہ ایک بہترین برہمن کو ہر لحاظ سے خوبصورت گائے کا تحفہ دے۔
Unspecified narrator (didactic instruction within Māhātmya)
Scene: A devotee offers a radiant, well-formed cow to a venerable brāhmaṇa; behind them, subtle ancestral figures appear as blessings rise upward, suggesting ascent to higher lokas.
FAQs
Charity (dāna), especially cow-gifting to a worthy recipient, is taught as a powerful means for one’s uplift and ancestral welfare.
The instruction is embedded in the Maṇināgeśvara Māhātmya of the Revā Khaṇḍa.
Gift a well-formed milch cow to a foremost brāhmaṇa for the sake of one’s own and one’s ancestors’ spiritual ascent.