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
ដូចសត្វឆ្កែឈរនៅមាត់ទ្វារផ្ទះ ឆក់យកបលិ (អាហារបូជា) ដែលដាក់នៅទីនោះយ៉ាងណា ក៏ដូច្នោះដែរ ឱ ព្រះរាជា «បុគ្គលសំខាន់» ដែលទទួលយកអំណោយមិនត្រឹមត្រូវ នឹងក្លាយជាមិនល្អជាងឆ្កែឡើយ។
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.