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
সূতে ক’লে: ‘তথাস্তु’ বুলি প্ৰতিজ্ঞা কৰি মুনিশ্ৰেষ্ঠ বশিষ্ঠে সন্মতি দিলে। ৰজাই নিজে তেওঁৰ চৰণ ধুই দিলে; তাৰ পাছত তেওঁ ভোজন কৰিবলৈ বহিল।
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.
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