Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64
सांप्रतं भक्तिद त्तानां किं स्याज्जानामि नो फलम् । एतस्मात्कारणाद्दानं सक्तूनां प्रकरोम्यहम् । तीर्थेऽस्मिन्भक्तिसंयुक्तः सत्येनात्मानमालभे
sāṃprataṃ bhaktida ttānāṃ kiṃ syājjānāmi no phalam | etasmātkāraṇāddānaṃ saktūnāṃ prakaromyaham | tīrthe'sminbhaktisaṃyuktaḥ satyenātmānamālabhe
اب میں نہیں جانتا کہ بھکتی کے ساتھ دیے گئے دان کا پھل کیا ہوگا۔ اسی سبب میں سَکتو کا دان کروں گا۔ اس تیرتھ میں بھکتی سے یُکت ہو کر، سچائی کے ذریعے میں اپنے آپ کو نذر کرتا ہوں۔
Unspecified devotee/narrated character (within Pulastya’s narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: ghat
Listener: Dvijottamas
Scene: A devotee at the river/ghat of a sacred ford resolves to offer saktu with devotion; hands in añjali, a small bowl of parched flour prepared; a subtle Śiva-linga or Maheśvara shrine nearby; the figure’s posture conveys satya-niṣṭhā.
FAQs
Dāna becomes spiritually potent when joined with bhakti and satya, especially when performed in a tīrtha.
The verse explicitly praises performing the act 'in this tīrtha' within the Arbuda sacred geography of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Offering saktu (parched flour) as dāna at a tīrtha, accompanied by devotion and a vow of truthfulness/self-dedication.