Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73
अस्माकमपि संप्राप्ता गृहे वै नृपवल्लभा । दातुं विभूषणान्येव निषिद्धाऽस्माभिरद्य सा
asmākamapi saṃprāptā gṛhe vai nṛpavallabhā | dātuṃ vibhūṣaṇānyeva niṣiddhā'smābhiradya sā
وقد جاءت إلى بيتنا أيضًا زوجةُ الملكِ المحبوبة. واليومَ نهيناها أن تتصدّق بتلك الحُلِيِّ عينِها.
Those returning ascetics/brāhmaṇas (within narration; reporting their action)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)
Scene: A royal consort arrives at the hermitage with attendants and jewel-caskets; the sages, calm but firm, raise a hand in prohibition, instructing her not to give ornaments; the contrast between regal splendor and ascetic simplicity is central.
FAQs
Dharma includes discernment: charity must be rightly directed, and elders may restrain actions that could lead to harm or impropriety.
Not specified in this shloka; it continues a moral episode within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
A practical rule is implied: do not give ornaments indiscriminately; proper dāna depends on recipient suitability and context.