Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83
आपस्त्वपि न देयानि नववस्तूनि सर्वथा । अन्वये सति सर्वस्वं दारांश्च शरणागतान्
āpastvapi na deyāni navavastūni sarvathā | anvaye sati sarvasvaṃ dārāṃśca śaraṇāgatān
แม้ยามคับขัน ก็ไม่พึงมอบสิ่งทั้งเก้านี้เป็นทานโดยเด็ดขาด เมื่อวงศ์สกุลยังสืบต่ออยู่ ไม่พึงยกทรัพย์สิ้นทั้งหมด ไม่พึงยกภรรยา และไม่พึงทอดทิ้งผู้มาขอพึ่งเป็นศรณागत
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer/audience within Kāśī discourse
Scene: A dharma-teacher in Kāśī instructs householders: charity is praised but bounded; a supplicant seeks refuge while the householder protects dependents and maintains household order.
FAQs
Dharma is not reckless renunciation: one must protect dependents and uphold responsibility even while practicing generosity.
The Kāśī Khaṇḍa setting remains in the background; the verse is normative guidance rather than site-description.
It sets ethical limits on dāna—warning against giving away protected persons or total assets irresponsibly.