[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) › 6.3.50.5 # Skandapurana 6.3.50.5 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.50.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.50.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.50.5) yathā'nṛṇe bījamuptvā vaptā na labhate phalam . tathānṛce havirdattvā na dātā labhate phalam .. 50.5 .. > Just as a sower who sows seed in barren ground obtains no fruit, / so the giver who offers an oblation to one ignorant of the Ṛgveda obtains no fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.50.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.50.4) - [Next: 6.3.50.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.50.6) - [Up: 6.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.50) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.50.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.50.5) — Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.142) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.50.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.50.5) · Pramāṇa