Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68
दरिद्रा व्याधिता मूर्खाः परप्रेष्यकराः सदा । अदत्तदानाज्जायंते दुःखस्यैव हि भाजनाः
daridrā vyādhitā mūrkhāḥ parapreṣyakarāḥ sadā | adattadānājjāyaṃte duḥkhasyaiva hi bhājanāḥ
غربت، بیماری، کم عقلی اور دوسروں کی مسلسل غلامی خیرات نہ کرنے سے پیدا ہوتی ہے؛ درحقیقت ایسے لوگ صرف دکھوں کا ہی شکار بنتے ہیں۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
Scene: Four panels or a single composite: a poor person, a sick person, a dull student, and a servant under harsh command—each shadowed by the symbol of a closed fist (adāna).
FAQs
Withholding charity bears harsh karmic results—material hardship and suffering—whereas giving supports well-being and dharma.
No location is praised in this verse; it is a general karmic teaching within the dāna section.
A strong implicit prescription to practice dāna to avoid the karmic fruit of adāna.