Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77
तं गत्वा प्रार्थयाशु त्वं स्वान्यस्थीनि प्रदास्यति । नादेयं विद्यते किंचित्तस्य संप्रार्थितस्य हि
taṃ gatvā prārthayāśu tvaṃ svānyasthīni pradāsyati | nādeyaṃ vidyate kiṃcittasya saṃprārthitasya hi
اس کے پاس جا کر فوراً درخواست کر؛ وہ اپنی ہی ہڈیاں بھی دے دے گا۔ کیونکہ جب اس سے درست طور پر التجا کی جائے تو اس کے لیے کوئی چیز ‘ناقابلِ عطا’ نہیں رہتی۔
Viṣṇu
Tirtha: Dadhīci-āśrama tīrtha (Sarasvatī/Puṣkara context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indra
Scene: Viṣṇu urges Indra to go at once to Dadhīci; the sage will give even his own bones—nothing is refused when properly requested.
FAQs
The highest dāna is self-offering for the welfare of the worlds; generosity is portrayed as the fruit of tapas and purity.
Implicitly tied to Dadhīci’s Sarasvatī āśrama setting in the surrounding verses; this line emphasizes his virtue rather than a place.
A dāna-ideal is implied (unwithholding generosity), but no formal rite is detailed.