[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 16.255.38 # Skandapurana 16.255.38 Skandapurāṇa 16.255.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.255.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.38) .. jamadagniruvāca .. .. pratigrahasamartho yastapo varddhayate mahān.. na karoti tapastasya jāyate ca sahasradhā .. 38 .. > Jamadagni said: / A great one who, though capable of accepting gifts, increases his austerity \[instead\], / does not \[need to perform\] austerity: his \[merit\] is produced a thousandfold. 38. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.255.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.37) - [Next: 16.255.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.39) - [Up: 16.255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.255.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.19.261) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.10.41) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.38) · Pramāṇa