Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74
दाता प्रतिग्रहीता च वचनं हि परस्परम् । मन्यतेऽधःकरो यस्य सोऽल्पबुद्धिः प्रहीयते
dātā pratigrahītā ca vacanaṃ hi parasparam | manyate'dhaḥkaro yasya so'lpabuddhiḥ prahīyate
دینے والا اور لینے والا ایک دوسرے پر باہمی انحصار کے ساتھ بات کرتے ہیں؛ مگر جو دوسرے کو ‘کم تر’ سمجھے وہ کم عقل ہے اور راہِ فہم سے گر جاتا ہے۔
Hārīta
Listener: dhīmat (wise interlocutor)
Scene: Two figures—donor and recipient—face each other with balanced posture; a third figure (sage) instructs them. One figure’s arrogant stance is contrasted with the ideal of mutual respect.
FAQs
Charity must be grounded in humility; contempt in giving or receiving destroys wisdom.
None is named; the verse teaches social and moral dharma.
An ethical rule for dāna: maintain mutual respect; do not demean the counterpart.