Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 11
प्रतीग्रहेण संयुक्तं ह्यमीवमाविशोद्द्विजम् । तस्मादहं निवृत्तश्च पापादस्मात्प्रतिग्रहात्
pratīgraheṇa saṃyuktaṃ hyamīvamāviśoddvijam | tasmādahaṃ nivṛttaśca pāpādasmātpratigrahāt
Penyakit yang terikat pada kebiasaan menerima pemberian memasuki sang dwija. Karena itu aku menarik diri dari dosa ini—dari praktik menerima hadiah itu.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Scene: A contemplative dvija, weakened by an unseen ‘disease’ symbolizing moral taint, turns away from a heap of gifts, choosing renunciation and inner cleansing.
FAQs
Spiritual health requires refusing practices that generate bondage and impurity; renunciation of harmful receiving is itself purification.
None; the focus is personal discipline and dharmic livelihood.
A practical prescription of restraint: avoid pratigraha when it becomes a cause of pāpa and inner affliction.