Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 160
यथा श्वा गृहद्वारस्थोबलिं गृह्णाति किं तथा । प्रधानपुरुषो राजन्गृह्णाति च शुना समः
yathā śvā gṛhadvārasthobaliṃ gṛhṇāti kiṃ tathā | pradhānapuruṣo rājangṛhṇāti ca śunā samaḥ
De même qu’un chien, posté à la porte d’une maison, s’empare de l’offrande (bali) déposée là, ainsi, ô Roi, le « personnage principal » qui accepte des dons impropres ne vaut pas mieux qu’un chien.
Mahākāla (contextual; teaching the King in this adhyāya)
Listener: Rājā
Scene: A vivid moral analogy: a dog at a doorway snatching a bali; juxtaposed with a respected ‘chief person’ who accepts improper gifts, shown as spiritually fallen—an admonitory tableau.
FAQs
Accepting offerings without proper dharmic qualification and sanctity degrades the recipient; purity of receiving (pratigraha) matters.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on general Purāṇic ritual ethics within the Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa discourse.
An implied warning about improper acceptance of offerings (bali/pratigraha), urging dharmic, sanctified receiving.