Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 66
बोधयंति च यावंतो देहीति कृपणं जनाः । अवस्थेयमदानस्य मा भूदेवं भवानपि
bodhayaṃti ca yāvaṃto dehīti kṛpaṇaṃ janāḥ | avastheyamadānasya mā bhūdevaṃ bhavānapi
എത്ര പേർ ‘കൊടുക്കൂ’ എന്ന് കൃപണനെ ഉപദേശിച്ചാലും, കൊടുക്കാതിരിക്കുന്നതിന്റെ അപമാനം മാറുകയില്ല. നിനക്കും അത്തരം ഗതി വരരുതേ.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
Scene: A miserly householder is surrounded by elders and supplicants urging him to give; his clenched fist contrasts with a radiant alms-bowl and the shadow of ‘disgrace’ behind him.
FAQs
Miserliness brings social and spiritual disgrace; one should adopt dāna as a dharmic habit.
None is named; the teaching is general dharma supporting merit-making practices.
A general prescription to practice dāna (charity) and avoid adāna (withholding).