Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51
ऋणानामप्रदानं च मिथ्याघृद्ध्युपजीवनम् । निंदितानां धनादानं साद्वीकन्योक्तिदूषणम्
ṛṇānāmapradānaṃ ca mithyāghṛddhyupajīvanam | niṃditānāṃ dhanādānaṃ sādvīkanyoktidūṣaṇam
ऋण न फेडणे, असत्य व लोभाने उपजीविका करणे, निंदित दुष्टांना धन देणे, आणि साध्वी स्त्री/कन्येच्या वचनांची निंदा करणे—ही सर्व निंद्य कर्मे आहेत.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara Khaṇḍa context)
Scene: A didactic scene: a pilgrim at a Śaiva shrine is instructed by a sage/ācārya; in the background, symbolic vignettes show debt-ledgers being settled, a merchant rejecting deceit, a donor turning away from wicked recipients, and a sādhvī protected from slander.
FAQs
Righteous life rests on honesty, responsibility (repaying debts), wise charity, and restraint from slander.
No holy site is specified; the emphasis is on ethical purity that supports all sacred undertakings.
No explicit rite; it touches on dāna (charity) by warning against funding the nindita (blameworthy).