Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34
इदं भणितवानस्मि श्लोकव्याख्यां नृप श्रृणु । यत्ते पटहविख्यातं दानं च प्रगुणीकुरु
idaṃ bhaṇitavānasmi ślokavyākhyāṃ nṛpa śrṛṇu | yatte paṭahavikhyātaṃ dānaṃ ca praguṇīkuru
میں نے یوں کہا؛ اب اے راجا! اس شلوک کی صاف توضیح سنو۔ اور جو دان تمہارا نقّارے کی منادی سے مشہور کیا گیا ہے، اسے شاستری طریقے سے درست طور پر تیار اور آمادہ کرو۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: An aged brāhmaṇa instructs a king in court; attendants prepare gifts while a drummer stands ready to proclaim the donation; the mood is formal and ethical.
FAQs
Charity becomes effective when it is consciously prepared and executed with dharmic seriousness, not left as a mere announcement.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on dāna and its proper preparation within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa discourse.
To formally arrange and ready the pledged donation that has been publicly proclaimed (paṭaha-vikhyāta dāna).