Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 68
ब्राह्मणाय प्रतिश्रुत्य यो दानं न प्रयच्छति । आहूय नास्ति यो ब्रूते तस्य वासस्तु संततम्
brāhmaṇāya pratiśrutya yo dānaṃ na prayacchati | āhūya nāsti yo brūte tasya vāsastu saṃtatam
جو برہمن سے دان دینے کا وعدہ کر کے بھی نہ دے، اور جو کسی کو بلا کر کہے ‘کچھ نہیں’—اس کے لیے وہاں رہائش مسلسل ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor makes a solemn promise to a brāhmaṇa, then turns away; another scene shows a host calling a petitioner and then dismissing him. The underworld consequence is shown as an unending dwelling in a bleak punitive enclosure.
FAQs
Integrity is dharma: breaking a promise of charity and deceiving those you summon produces lasting negative consequences.
Within Revā-māhātmya, the moral code is presented as inseparable from the river’s sacred power.
Dāna as a vowed act: if promised, it must be fulfilled—especially when pledged to a brāhmaṇa.