Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100
तदहं दानपुण्यं हि करिष्यामि कथं स्फुटम् । कौपीनदण्डात्मधनो धनं स्वल्पं हि नास्ति मे
tadahaṃ dānapuṇyaṃ hi kariṣyāmi kathaṃ sphuṭam | kaupīnadaṇḍātmadhano dhanaṃ svalpaṃ hi nāsti me
‘پس میں دان کا پُنّیہ کیسے صاف طور پر کروں؟ میری پونجی تو بس لنگوٹ اور عصا ہے؛ میرے پاس ذرا سا بھی مال نہیں۔’
Nārada (self-reflection in narration)
Listener: Purāṇic audience within Kaumārikā frame
Scene: A renunciant-like Nārada (or narrator figure) with only kaupīna and daṇḍa, looking at his meager belongings, yet forming a firm resolve to perform charity.
FAQs
Sincere desire to give arises even in renunciation; one seeks dharmic ways to practice charity despite scarcity.
None; it focuses on personal constraint and dharma-intent.
No specific rite; it introduces the problem of how to perform dāna without material wealth.