Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
सत्यंसत्यं हि देवर्षे मयोक्तं तव नारद । जन्मांतरसहस्रेषु नादत्तमुपतिष्ठते
satyaṃsatyaṃ hi devarṣe mayoktaṃ tava nārada | janmāṃtarasahasreṣu nādattamupatiṣṭhate
سچ، سچ ہی ہے اے دیورشی! اے نارَد، جو میں نے تجھ سے کہا وہ اٹل ہے؛ ہزاروں جنموں میں جو دان نہیں دیا گیا، وہ کبھی سہارا بن کر نہیں آتا۔
A Purāṇic narrator speaking to Devarṣi Nārada (explicit)
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A sage solemnly assures Nārada with a raised hand of truth; behind them a pilgrim’s path and a simple act of giving is hinted—symbolizing that charity alone becomes lasting support across births.
FAQs
Only what one gives becomes enduring spiritual capital; ungiven wealth offers no rescue across repeated births.
No site is specified; the verse emphasizes karmic continuity and the enduring fruit of dāna.
A general insistence on giving—establishing dāna as a lifelong and multi-life dharma.