Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
वेदानुयोगाद्यो दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय प्रतिग्रहम् । स पूर्वं नरकं याति ब्राह्मणस्तदनन्तरम्
vedānuyogādyo dadyādbrāhmaṇāya pratigraham | sa pūrvaṃ narakaṃ yāti brāhmaṇastadanantaram
वेदानुयोगेन यः ब्राह्मणाय प्रतिग्रहार्थं दद्यात्, स पूर्वं नरकं याति; तदनन्तरं प्रतिगृह्णन् ब्राह्मणोऽपि।
Unknown (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogue; addressed to ‘Devi’)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A patron offers a pouch of coins labeled as payment for Vedic recitation; a brāhmaṇa reaches to accept; between them a dark path opens downward symbolizing naraka, while a sage points in warning.
FAQs
Both the payer and the receiver are blamed when sacred services become a commercial contract rather than dharmic support.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the textual setting; the warning supports the purity expected in a tīrtha culture.
Guidance about dāna: do not frame gifts as a price for Vedic engagement; avoid transactional ‘fees’ for sacred acts.