Skanda Purana 7.20.220

7.20.220

śambhau vratopadeśārthaṃ dyulokaṃ gate lokamātṝṇāṃ devīnāmṛṣipatnīnāṃ devayakṣoragagandharvādipatnīnāṃ ca dharmajijñāsayā pārvatīsamīpa āgamanam . tābhyaḥ pārvatyā dharmopadeśaḥ . annādidānamahimā, prapākūpataḍāgādikaraṇamahimā, vṛkṣaropaṇādimahimā, kāñcanabhūmyādidānamahimā, śayyopakaraṇa vastrabhājanādidānamahimā, kanyādānamahimā, gṛhagajarathā'vādidānamahimā, vividhadhenudānamahimā, godānamahimā, gavāmaṅgavarttināṃ devādīnāṃ varṇanam . jala- pātrādidānamahimā, asahāyadīnamūḍhavyādhitasāhāyyakaraṇamahimavarṇanam . daridrāya viprāya suvarṇadānasya phala- kathanam .

When Śambhu went to heaven to teach the religious vow, the mothers of the world, the goddesses, the wives of the seers, and the wives of gods, yakṣas, serpents, gandharvas, and others came to Pārvatī desiring to know dharma. The teaching of dharma given to them by Pārvatī. The greatness of giving food and other gifts; the greatness of constructing water-booths, wells, ponds, and the like; the greatness of planting trees and similar deeds; the greatness of gifting gold, land, and so forth; the greatness of gifting beds, household articles, garments, vessels, and the like; the greatness of giving a daughter in marriage; the greatness of gifting houses, elephants, chariots, horses, and the like; the greatness of gifting various kinds of cows; the greatness of the gift of cows; description of the gods and other beings abiding in the limbs of cows. The greatness of gifting water vessels and the like; description of the greatness of rendering assistance to the helpless, the wretched, the foolish, and the sick. The statement of the fruit of gifting gold to a poor brahmin.