Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51
ऋणानामप्रदानं च मिथ्याघृद्ध्युपजीवनम् । निंदितानां धनादानं साद्वीकन्योक्तिदूषणम्
ṛṇānāmapradānaṃ ca mithyāghṛddhyupajīvanam | niṃditānāṃ dhanādānaṃ sādvīkanyoktidūṣaṇam
ऋण न चुकाना, असत्य और लोभ से जीविका चलाना, निंदित दुष्टों को धन देना, तथा साध्वी स्त्री/कन्या के वचनों की निंदा करना—ये सब निंद्य कर्म कहे गए हैं।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara Khaṇḍa context)
Scene: A didactic scene: a pilgrim at a Śaiva shrine is instructed by a sage/ācārya; in the background, symbolic vignettes show debt-ledgers being settled, a merchant rejecting deceit, a donor turning away from wicked recipients, and a sādhvī protected from slander.
FAQs
Righteous life rests on honesty, responsibility (repaying debts), wise charity, and restraint from slander.
No holy site is specified; the emphasis is on ethical purity that supports all sacred undertakings.
No explicit rite; it touches on dāna (charity) by warning against funding the nindita (blameworthy).