Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38
यो वा को वापि याचेत तस्मै देहि शिरोपि च । अपि यत्नेन महता कीर्तिमेव सदार्जय
yo vā ko vāpi yāceta tasmai dehi śiropi ca | api yatnena mahatā kīrtimeva sadārjaya
أيًّا كان من يسألك، فأعطه، ولو كان ذلك على حساب رأسك أنت. وبجهدٍ عظيم، اسعَ دائمًا إلى نيل السمعة الطيبة الشريفة (ساتكيرتي) وحدها.
Unspecified (didactic instruction within Brahmottara Khaṇḍa narrative)
Scene: A noble donor stands before a humble supplicant; the donor’s resolve is shown as unwavering, with a symbolic ‘head-offering’ motif (self-sacrifice) while a radiant aura of kīrti surrounds him.
FAQs
Dharma-centered generosity should be so firm that one values satkīrti (noble fame) above personal comfort, even above life itself.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it gives universal dharma-instruction rather than a place-mahātmya.
Dāna (charitable giving) is prescribed—responding to a supplicant with wholehearted generosity.