Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
अस्ति कश्चित्प्रतिग्राही यस्मै दद्यामहं धनम् । इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा कैश्चिच्चांगुलिसंज्ञया
asti kaścitpratigrāhī yasmai dadyāmahaṃ dhanam | iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā kaiściccāṃgulisaṃjñayā
‘کیا کوئی ایسا قبول کرنے والا ہے جسے میں یہ مال دے دوں؟’ اس کی بات سن کر کچھ لوگوں نے انگلی کے اشارے سے (ایک شخص کی) نشان دہی کی۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: A donor asks for a worthy recipient; townspeople exchange looks and subtly point with fingers toward a seated figure, suggesting intrigue and moral compromise.
FAQs
Dāna requires discernment about the recipient; the moral quality of giving depends on right intention and right channel.
The setting remains within Kāśī’s tīrtha milieu; the specific tīrtha named nearby is Cakrasarasa.
Dāna (charitable gifting) is central, with emphasis on locating an appropriate pratigrāhī (recipient).