Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
दद्यादुपानहौ भक्त्या कुंकुमं च विशेषतः । कम्बलं तैलपक्वं च विष्णुर्मे प्रीयतामिति
dadyādupānahau bhaktyā kuṃkumaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | kambalaṃ tailapakvaṃ ca viṣṇurme prīyatāmiti
Với lòng sùng kính, nên bố thí giày dép, đặc biệt là nghệ tây (kunkuma). Lại nên dâng tặng chăn mền và thức ăn nấu bằng dầu, rồi khấn nguyện: “Nguyện Viṣṇu hoan hỷ nơi con.”
Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative convention within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Gomatī/Dvārakā tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee at Dvārakā’s riverbank/temple courtyard offers sandals, kumkuma, a blanket, and a dish of oil-cooked food to a recipient, hands folded, softly uttering ‘Viṣṇur me prīyatām’.
FAQs
Devotional charity (dāna) offered with the intention of pleasing Viṣṇu becomes a direct means to merit and purification.
The broader context is Dvārakā and the Prabhāsa region, where pilgrimage-dharma is taught through concrete acts like dāna.
Giving in charity: footwear, saffron (especially), a blanket, and oil-cooked food—accompanied by the prayer “May Viṣṇu be pleased.”