Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
धान्यत्यागे च तद्धान्यमथवा शालयः स्मृताः । धेनूर्दद्यात्प्रयत्नेन सालंकाराः सकांचनाः
dhānyatyāge ca taddhānyamathavā śālayaḥ smṛtāḥ | dhenūrdadyātprayatnena sālaṃkārāḥ sakāṃcanāḥ
Khi từ bỏ ngũ cốc, hãy bố thí chính ngũ cốc ấy; hoặc như lời dạy, bố thí gạo śāli. Lại nữa, hãy gắng sức dâng tặng một con bò, được trang sức và kèm vàng, như một lễ thí cao quý.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor offers sacks of rice and then leads an adorned cow with garlands and a small gold gift to a priest/charity steward near a Kāśī rest-house; pilgrims receive cooked rice nearby.
FAQs
Austerity should culminate in generosity; the highest restraint is completed by sustaining others through substantial gifts.
No specific tirtha is named; the instruction belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s broader dharma teaching.
If giving up grains, donate grains (especially rice); also give a cow, ideally ornamented and with gold according to capacity.