Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 68
ब्राह्मणाय प्रतिश्रुत्य यो दानं न प्रयच्छति । आहूय नास्ति यो ब्रूते तस्य वासस्तु संततम्
brāhmaṇāya pratiśrutya yo dānaṃ na prayacchati | āhūya nāsti yo brūte tasya vāsastu saṃtatam
যি ব্ৰাহ্মণক দান দিব বুলি প্ৰতিশ্ৰুতি দি নেদিয়ে, আৰু যি কাকো মাতি আনি কয় ‘একো নাই’—তাৰ বাবে তাত বাস নিৰন্তৰ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor makes a solemn promise to a brāhmaṇa, then turns away; another scene shows a host calling a petitioner and then dismissing him. The underworld consequence is shown as an unending dwelling in a bleak punitive enclosure.
FAQs
Integrity is dharma: breaking a promise of charity and deceiving those you summon produces lasting negative consequences.
Within Revā-māhātmya, the moral code is presented as inseparable from the river’s sacred power.
Dāna as a vowed act: if promised, it must be fulfilled—especially when pledged to a brāhmaṇa.
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