[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) › 3.1.52.1.7 # Skandapurana 3.1.52.1.7 Skandapurāṇa 3.1.52.1.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.52.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.52.1.7) pātrāṇāmuttamaṃ pātraṃ vedācāraparāyaṇam .. tasmādapyadhikaṃ pātraṃ śūdrānnaṃ yasya nodare .. 87 .. vedāḥ purāṇamaṃtrāśca śivaviṣṇvādipūjanam .. varṇāśramādyanuṣṭhānaṃ vartate yasya saṃtatam .. 88 .. daridraśca kuṭuṃbī ca tatpātraṃ śreṣṭhamucyate .. tasminpātre pradattaṃ vai dharma kāmārthamokṣadam .. 89 .. puṇyasthale viśeṣeṇa dānaṃ satpātragarhitam .. anyathā daśajanmāni kṛkalāso bhaviṣyati .. 3.1.52.90 .. janmatrayaṃ rāsabhaḥ syānmaṃḍūkaśca dvijanmani .. ekajanmani cāṇḍālastataḥ śūdro bhaviṣyati .. 91 .. tataśca kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ kramādvipraśca jāyate .. daridraśca bhavettatra bahurogasamanvitaḥ .. 92 .. evaṃ bahuvidhā doṣā duṣṭapātrapradānataḥ .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena satpātreṣu pradāpayet .. 93 .. na labhyate cettatpātraṃ tadā saṃkalpapūrvakam .. ekaṃ satpātramuddiśya prakṣipedudakaṃ bhuvi .. 94 .. uddiṣṭapātrasya mṛtau tatputrāya samarpayet .. tasyāpi maraṇe prāpte mahādeve samarpa yet.. atonādhamapātrāya dadyāttīrthe viśeṣataḥ .. 95 .. .. śrīsūta uvāca .. .. evamukto vasiṣṭhena dilīpaḥ sa dvijottamāḥ .. 96 .. tadā prabhṛti satpātre prāyacchaddānamuttamam .. ataḥ puṇyasthale setāvatrāpi munipuṃgavāḥ .. 97 .. yadi labhyeta satpātraṃ tadā dadyāddhanādikam .. no cetsaṃkalpapūrvaṃ tu viśiṣṭaṃ pātramuttamam.. 98 .. samuddiśya jalaṃ bhūmau prakṣipedbhaktisaṃyutaḥ .. svagrāmamāgataḥ paścāttasminpātre samarpayet .. 99 .. pūrvaṃsaṃkalpitaṃ vittaṃ dharmalopo'nyathā bhavet .. na duḥkhaṃ punarāpnoti kiṃ tu sāyujyamāpnuyāt .. 3.1.52.100 .. > The best among recipients is one devoted to Vedic conduct; > even higher than him is the recipient who has no śūdra's food in his belly; > he whose regular practice consists continuously of the Vedas, the Purāṇa mantras, > the worship of Śiva, Viṣṇu, and others, and the observances of the classes and life-stages; > and who is poor and has a family—such a recipient is said to be the foremost. > What is given to such a recipient truly yields righteousness, pleasure, wealth, and liberation. > In a sacred place, a gift given to one who is not a true recipient is especially condemned; > otherwise, one will become a chameleon for ten births; > for three births he will be a donkey, and a frog for two births; > for one birth an outcaste (cāṇḍāla), and then he will become a śūdra; > and after that he is born in turn as a kṣatriya, a vaiśya, and a brahmin, > and there he will be poor and afflicted with many diseases. > Thus many kinds of faults arise from giving to an unworthy recipient; > therefore, by every effort, one should have gifts given to worthy recipients. > If such a recipient is not found, then, with a prior vow, > designating a single worthy recipient, one should pour water onto the ground. > Upon the death of the designated recipient, one should bestow it upon his son; > should his death occur as well, one should offer it to Mahādeva. > Therefore, one should never give to an unworthy recipient, especially at a sacred ford. > Śrī Sūta said: > Addressed in this manner by Vasiṣṭha, that Dilīpa, O best of brahmins, > from that time forward gave excellent gifts to worthy recipients. > Therefore, at this holy place, at the bridge, even here, O foremost of sages, > if a worthy recipient is found, then one should give wealth and the like. > If not, having made a vow, designating an eminent and worthy recipient, > one should pour water upon the earth with devotion. > Having returned to one's own village, one should afterwards offer it to that recipient. > Otherwise, the wealth previously resolved upon will cause a loss of merit. > He does not experience suffering again, but attains sāyujya liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.1.52.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.52.1.6) - [Next: 3.1.52.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.52.1.8) - [Up: 3.1.52.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.52.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.52.1.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.52.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.52.1.7) · Pramāṇa