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# Skandapurana 16.207.68

Skandapurāṇa 16.207.68

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.207.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.207.68)

dattaṃ pātramatikramya yadapātre pratigrahaḥ ..  
taddattaṃ gāmatikramya gardabhasya gavāhnikam .. 68 ..

> When a gift is accepted by an unworthy recipient, bypassing a worthy recipient, / that gift is like giving daily fodder to a donkey, bypassing a cow. // 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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