Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24
शबर उवाच । नैवाहं कामये वित्तं न धान्यं वस्त्रमेव च । यो यस्यैवान्नमश्नाति स तस्याश्नाति किल्बिषम्
śabara uvāca | naivāhaṃ kāmaye vittaṃ na dhānyaṃ vastrameva ca | yo yasyaivānnamaśnāti sa tasyāśnāti kilbiṣam
شبر نے کہا: مجھے نہ دولت کی خواہش ہے، نہ اناج کی، نہ ہی لباس کی۔ جو کسی اور کا کھانا کھاتا ہے، وہ حقیقت میں اسی کے گناہ کا حصہ کھاتا ہے۔
Śabara
Tirtha: Revā tīrthas (general)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājñī (queen)
Scene: A Śabara ascetic refuses offered wealth/food, raising a hand in gentle refusal; the donor stands with offerings; the atmosphere is austere and morally resolute.
FAQs
Purity in livelihood and dependence matters: accepting sustenance can carry ethical and karmic implications.
The verse continues the moral dialogue situated at the pāpa-nāśana tīrtha context (Śūlabheda region).
No formal ritual; it cautions against accepting another’s food, stressing ethical purity and mindful dependence.