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
家の門口に立つ犬が、そこに置かれたバリ（供物）をかっさらうように、王よ、不如法の施しを受け取る「主たる者」は犬に等しく、犬より勝ることはない。
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.