Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 131
नास्माभिः सह संपर्कं कदाचित्त्वं करिष्यसि । गृहीतं यत्त्वया दानं पापपिंडसमुद्भवम्
nāsmābhiḥ saha saṃparkaṃ kadācittvaṃ kariṣyasi | gṛhītaṃ yattvayā dānaṃ pāpapiṃḍasamudbhavam
“ഇനി നീ ഒരിക്കലും ഞങ്ങളോടൊപ്പം സമ്പർക്കം പുലർത്തരുത്; പാപപിണ്ഡത്തിൽ നിന്നുയർന്ന ആ ‘ദാനം’ നീ സ്വീകരിച്ചതിനാൽ.”
Townspeople (Nāgaras) speaking to Vātaka (reported speech)
Scene: A ring of townsmen keeps distance from the brāhmaṇa, palms raised in refusal; the brāhmaṇa stands alone holding a small bundle/coin-pouch symbolizing the ‘gift’, while the crowd’s stance signals ostracism.
FAQs
The ethics of receiving (pratigraha) matter; society judges the receiver by the perceived purity and origin of what is accepted.
The setting continues within the Gartā-tīrtha episode of this adhyāya.
Implicitly, it warns about accepting gifts associated with sin; the technical issue is the propriety of pratigraha.