Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46
अहं भृत्यसमायुक्तः किमनेन द्विजोत्तम । सर्वं तेऽहं प्रदास्यामि ब्रूहि येन प्रयोजनम्
ahaṃ bhṛtyasamāyuktaḥ kimanena dvijottama | sarvaṃ te'haṃ pradāsyāmi brūhi yena prayojanam
“میں خادموں سے گھرا ہوا ہوں—اس کی کیا حاجت ہے، اے دِوِجوں میں افضل؟ میں آپ کو سب کچھ دے دوں گا؛ بتائیے آپ کا مقصد کیا ہے۔”
Mahiṣāsura
Scene: Mahiṣa, surrounded by attendants, pledges total support to the sage, hands extended in offering; the sage remains composed, indicating that the true request may be non-material.
FAQs
Generosity and service toward the spiritually eminent are praised as marks of dharmic leadership.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it remains within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa dialogue framework.
Dāna (giving) is implied broadly—offering whatever is needed to a sage—without a specific rite.