Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
सूत उवाच । स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय वसिष्ठो मुनिसत्तमः । क्षालितांघ्रिः स्वयं तेन निविष्टो भोजनाय वै
sūta uvāca | sa tatheti pratijñāya vasiṣṭho munisattamaḥ | kṣālitāṃghriḥ svayaṃ tena niviṣṭo bhojanāya vai
قال سوتا: إن فاسيشثا، خيرَ الحكماء، وافق قائلاً: «ليكن كذلك». ثم بعد أن غسل الملكُ قدميه بيده، جلس ليتناول الطعام.
Sūta
Listener: (assembly of sages, traditionally Śaunaka and others at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Scene: A king humbly washes Vasiṣṭha’s feet and seats the sage for a formal meal; attendants hold water-pot and towel; ritual calm before the impending moral rupture.
FAQs
True hospitality includes humility and service—honoring sages through traditional rites invites spiritual merit.
Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative context.
Pāda-prakṣālana (washing the feet of an honored guest) prior to serving food.