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# Skandapurana 5.234.26

Skandapurāṇa 5.234.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.234.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.234.26)

tasmānnaiva pratiśrāvyaṃ svalpamapyāśu dīyate ..  
tāvadvivarddhate dānaṃ yāvattanna prayacchati .. 26 ..

> Therefore one should not make a promise \[unless\] even a small thing is promptly given; / the obligation to give increases as long as one does not give it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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