Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 83
पूर्वदत्तमथान्नाद्यं प्राप्नोति स्वयमेव च । स्वयं येन न दत्तं च तथा दाता न विद्यते
pūrvadattamathānnādyaṃ prāpnoti svayameva ca | svayaṃ yena na dattaṃ ca tathā dātā na vidyate
മുമ്പ് നൽകിയ അന്നാദിയും അവൻ സ്വയം ലഭിക്കുന്നു; എന്നാൽ ജീവിതത്തിൽ ഒന്നും ദാനം ചെയ്യാത്തവന് ദാതാവ് ആരും ലഭ്യമല്ല.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Scene: A contrast tableau: on one side, luminous streams of earlier gifts arriving unbidden to the preta; on the other, a desolate preta with empty hands, no relatives approaching, symbolizing ‘no giver’.
FAQs
One’s earlier generosity becomes a safeguard; a life without giving leaves the departed without support.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is ethical causality (dāna and its fruit).
Implicitly urges dāna during one’s lifetime so that post-death provisions are not lacking.