Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79
धनिनोप्यदानविभवा गण्यंते धुरि दरिद्राणाम् । नहि हंति यत्पिपासामतः समुद्रोऽपि मरुरेव
dhaninopyadānavibhavā gaṇyaṃte dhuri daridrāṇām | nahi haṃti yatpipāsāmataḥ samudro'pi marureva
ധനവാന്മാരായിട്ടും ദാനമില്ലാത്തവർ ദരിദ്രരുടെ നിരയിലേയ്ക്ക് തന്നെ എണ്ണപ്പെടുന്നു. ദാഹം അകറ്റാത്തതു കൊണ്ടു സമുദ്രം പോലും മരുഭൂമിപോലെ.
Narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual speaker not explicit in the excerpt)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A rich man beside a vast ocean, yet parched; nearby a poor donor offers a small pot of water to a traveler—showing that generosity, not quantity, ends thirst.
FAQs
Wealth without generosity fails its purpose; true ‘richness’ is measured by the ability to relieve others’ needs.
No particular tīrtha is specified; the verse supports the moral framework that tīrtha-mahātmyas seek to instill.
The implied prescription is dāna—using wealth to remove ‘thirst’ (need) in others.