Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77
प्रतिश्रुत्य न यो दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय गवादिकम् । तस्यैनसा स युज्येत बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः
pratiśrutya na yo dadyādbrāhmaṇāya gavādikam | tasyainasā sa yujyeta bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ
جو وعدہ کر کے بھی برہمن کو گائیں وغیرہ نہ دے، وہ اسی گناہ میں بندھ جاتا ہے؛ اسے کنول کی ڈنڈیوں کی چوری کرنے والے کے برابر سمجھا جاتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Māhātmya-style instruction within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A pilgrim makes a vow before a brāhmaṇa and a sacred fire, then turns away withholding cows; the rishi’s words hang like a moral verdict; lotus-stalk theft motif appears as a symbolic inset.
FAQs
Dharma requires truthfulness in one’s pledged gifts; breaking a donation promise accrues sin comparable to theft.
This verse occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the immediate verse focuses on dāna-dharma rather than naming a single tīrtha in the snippet.
It prescribes fulfilling promised dāna—especially giving cows (and similar offerings) to brāhmaṇas—warning that failure to do so incurs serious demerit.