Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36
तस्यान्नं गृह्यते नैव कन्यापि न कदाचन । हितमाचरते यस्तु पुत्राणामपि वै नरः
tasyānnaṃ gṛhyate naiva kanyāpi na kadācana | hitamācarate yastu putrāṇāmapi vai naraḥ
اس کا کھانا ہرگز قبول نہ کیا جائے، اور نہ کبھی اسے بیٹی دی جائے۔ مگر جو مرد اپنے بیٹوں کی بھی حقیقی بھلائی کے لیے عمل کرتا ہے، وہ ان قواعد کی پیروی کرے۔
Narratorial voice (contextual dharma-instruction; explicit speaker not stated in this verse)
Scene: A household elder instructs family members: a covered plate of food is turned away from a disreputable donor; a symbolic wedding garland is withheld, while children stand behind the elder, indicating ‘putra-hita’.
FAQs
True care for one’s family includes refusing morally compromising ties—food and marriage bonds must align with dharma.
No tīrtha is named; the verse continues ethical instruction within Dharmāraṇya.
A conduct rule is reiterated: do not accept food from, nor give a daughter in marriage to, the censured person.