Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80
एष ते तनयः पूर्वजन्मनि ब्राह्मणोत्तमः । प्रतिग्रहैर्वयो निन्ये न यज्ञाद्यैः सुकर्मभिः
eṣa te tanayaḥ pūrvajanmani brāhmaṇottamaḥ | pratigrahairvayo ninye na yajñādyaiḥ sukarmabhiḥ
Anakmu ini, pada kelahiran terdahulu, ialah seorang brāhmaṇa yang utama. Namun dia menghabiskan usianya dengan bergantung pada penerimaan hadiah (yang tidak wajar), bukan dengan amal baik seperti yajña dan kebajikan yang lain.
Śāṇḍilya (deduced from immediate narrative context)
Listener: Brāhmaṇa woman (dvijabhāminī)
Scene: A sage explaining karmic causality to a distressed brāhmaṇa woman; a faint vignette of the son’s past life—receiving gifts—contrasted with neglected sacrificial fires.
FAQs
One’s present condition can reflect past conduct; mere livelihood through taking gifts without dharmic works leads to adverse results.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse focuses on karmic causality and brāhmaṇical duty.
It implicitly upholds yajña and other su-karmas as the proper dharmic path, rather than dependence on pratigraha.