Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
यथायथा प्रगृह्णंति तापस्यो भूषणार्चिताः । तथातथास्याः संजज्ञे दमयंत्या मुदा हृदि
yathāyathā pragṛhṇaṃti tāpasyo bhūṣaṇārcitāḥ | tathātathāsyāḥ saṃjajñe damayaṃtyā mudā hṛdi
جوں جوں وہ تپسوی عورتیں زیورات سے آراستہ ہو کر انہیں لیتیں رہیں، توں توں دمیانتی کے دل میں بار بار مسرت کی لہر اٹھتی رہی۔
Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Listener: dvijoत्तama
Scene: Damayantī’s face softly lit, a quiet smile and luminous eyes; around her, the ascetic women bustle with ornaments, yet the composition centers on Damayantī’s stillness and inner radiance.
FAQs
The giver’s inner joy is a hallmark of sattvic charity—delight in giving rather than pride in possession.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the chapter’s larger tīrtha-centered teaching on merit.
Implicitly, dāna as a meritorious act; no specific mantra/vrata rule is stated in this verse.