Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
सावित्रीं ब्रह्मणे प्रादाल्लक्ष्मीं विष्णोर्महात्मनः । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य स ईजे दक्षिणावता
sāvitrīṃ brahmaṇe prādāllakṣmīṃ viṣṇormahātmanaḥ | kasyacittvatha kālasya sa īje dakṣiṇāvatā
他将娑毗特丽（Sāvitrī）奉与梵天（Brahmā），又将吉祥天女拉克希米（Lakṣmī）奉与大心的毗湿奴（Viṣṇu）。过了一段时日，他举行祭祀（yajña），以丰厚的达克希那（dakṣiṇā，祭礼酬施与布施）为庄严。
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; traditionally Sūta relating the account)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sectional setting)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied audience within Prabhāsa-māhātmya (not explicit in this verse)
Scene: A donor-figure offers Sāvitrī to Brahmā and Lakṣmī to Viṣṇu; then a grand yajña begins with abundant dakṣiṇā—piles of gold, cows, cloth—priests chanting around a blazing altar.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through yajña and generous dakṣiṇā—sacrifice joined with charity sustains cosmic and social order.
The chapter is situated in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, framing such sacrificial narratives as part of Prabhāsa’s sanctity.
Performance of yajña accompanied by dakṣiṇā—proper gifts/fees to officiants and charitable giving.
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