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# Skandapurana 16.207.65

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.65

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.65)

vidyātapobhyāṃ hīnena naiva grāhyaḥ pratigrahaḥ ..  
gṛhṇanpradātāramadho nayatyātmānameva ca .. 65 ..

> A gift should never be accepted by one devoid of learning and austerity; / accepting it, he drags both the giver and himself downward. // 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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