Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
दंपत्योर्वाससी चैव कंचुकोष्णीषमेव च । लक्ष्म्या सह जगन्नाथो विष्णुर्मे प्रीयतामिति
daṃpatyorvāsasī caiva kaṃcukoṣṇīṣameva ca | lakṣmyā saha jagannātho viṣṇurme prīyatāmiti
جوڑے کے لیے کپڑے بھی دے، اور اسی طرح قمیص (کنچک) اور پگڑی (اُشنیش) بھی نذر کرے، یہ کہتے ہوئے: “لکشمی کے ساتھ جگن ناتھ وشنو مجھ سے راضی ہوں۔”
Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Gomatī-tīra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee presents folded garments—two sets for a couple, a tunic, and a turban—to brāhmaṇas or deserving recipients, while envisioning Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa blessing the act; Dvārakā’s temple spire and sea breeze animate the cloth.
FAQs
Devotion expresses itself through compassionate giving—vastra-dāna offered with remembrance of Viṣṇu-Lakṣmī is praised.
Dvārakā’s tīrtha setting, where prescribed gifts accompany worship and ancestral rites.
Donate garments (including for a couple), a tunic, and a turban, with the formula “May Jagannātha Viṣṇu with Lakṣmī be pleased.”