Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21
न चिरं तिष्ठति द्वारि न द्वारमुपसेवते । अदातव्यं स्वयं किंचित्कर्हिचिन्न ददात्यपि
na ciraṃ tiṣṭhati dvāri na dvāramupasevate | adātavyaṃ svayaṃ kiṃcitkarhicinna dadātyapi
戸口に長く立ち留まらず、入口でむだに時を過ごさない。また自分勝手に何かを与えることはなく、とりわけ与えてはならぬものを、いかなる時も施さない。
Narratorial voice within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa (didactic instruction on strī-dharma; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: Threshold imagery: a doorway with a curtain; the woman passes through purposefully without lingering; a storeroom with sealed jars symbolizes careful stewardship; a mendicant at a distance suggests regulated charity.
FAQs
Dharma includes discretion—avoiding impropriety and unauthorized giving, while maintaining modest household conduct.
None is named in this verse; it is ethical instruction within Dharmāraṇya.
It indirectly regulates dāna: one should not give what is ‘adātavya’ (not permitted/appropriate to give).