Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
न दानस्य क्षयो लोके श्रद्धया यत्प्रदीयते । अश्रद्धयाऽशुचितया दानं वैरस्यकारणम्
na dānasya kṣayo loke śraddhayā yatpradīyate | aśraddhayā'śucitayā dānaṃ vairasyakāraṇam
या लोकी श्रद्धेने दिलेले दान कधीही क्षीण होत नाही. पण अश्रद्धा व अंतःअशुचितेने दिलेले दान वैराचे कारण ठरते.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Scene: A pilgrim offers alms with folded hands to a worthy recipient (brāhmaṇa/ascetic/poor), while a contrasting figure gives arrogantly, leading to quarrel—illustrating śraddhā vs aśraddhā.
FAQs
True merit in dāna arises from śraddhā and purity of intention; faithless giving harms relationships and spiritual fruit.
This verse gives a general tīrtha-dharma principle within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya rather than naming a single site in the shloka itself.
It prescribes that charity should be performed with śraddhā and inner cleanliness; otherwise it becomes spiritually counterproductive.