Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 38
यो वा को वापि याचेत तस्मै देहि शिरोपि च । अपि यत्नेन महता कीर्तिमेव सदार्जय
yo vā ko vāpi yāceta tasmai dehi śiropi ca | api yatnena mahatā kīrtimeva sadārjaya
யார் யாரேனும் உன்னிடம் யாசித்தால், அவர்க்கு அளி—தேவைப்பட்டால் உன் தலையையும். பெரும் முயற்சியால் எப்போதும் சத்கீர்த்தியையே ஈட்டுக.
Unspecified (didactic instruction within Brahmottara Khaṇḍa narrative)
Scene: A noble donor stands before a humble supplicant; the donor’s resolve is shown as unwavering, with a symbolic ‘head-offering’ motif (self-sacrifice) while a radiant aura of kīrti surrounds him.
FAQs
Dharma-centered generosity should be so firm that one values satkīrti (noble fame) above personal comfort, even above life itself.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it gives universal dharma-instruction rather than a place-mahātmya.
Dāna (charitable giving) is prescribed—responding to a supplicant with wholehearted generosity.