Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
न दानस्य क्षयो लोके श्रद्धया यत्प्रदीयते । अश्रद्धयाऽशुचितया दानं वैरस्यकारणम्
na dānasya kṣayo loke śraddhayā yatpradīyate | aśraddhayā'śucitayā dānaṃ vairasyakāraṇam
اس دنیا میں جو دان شردھا کے ساتھ دیا جائے وہ کبھی کم نہیں ہوتا۔ مگر بے شردھا اور باطنی ناپاکی کے ساتھ دیا ہوا عطیہ دشمنی کا سبب بن جاتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Scene: A pilgrim offers alms with folded hands to a worthy recipient (brāhmaṇa/ascetic/poor), while a contrasting figure gives arrogantly, leading to quarrel—illustrating śraddhā vs aśraddhā.
FAQs
True merit in dāna arises from śraddhā and purity of intention; faithless giving harms relationships and spiritual fruit.
This verse gives a general tīrtha-dharma principle within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya rather than naming a single site in the shloka itself.
It prescribes that charity should be performed with śraddhā and inner cleanliness; otherwise it becomes spiritually counterproductive.