Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
अक्षारलवणाशी च यो भवेद्ब्राह्मणोत्तमः । तस्यापि सकलाः पूर्ताः प्रभवंति सदा ततः
akṣāralavaṇāśī ca yo bhavedbrāhmaṇottamaḥ | tasyāpi sakalāḥ pūrtāḥ prabhavaṃti sadā tataḥ
যে শ্রেষ্ঠ ব্রাহ্মণ ক্ষার ও লবণযুক্ত আহার পরিত্যাগ করে থাকে, সেই নিয়মের ফলে তার জন্য ‘পূর্ত’ কর্মের সমস্ত পুণ্যফল সদা উদ্ভূত হয়।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic narration)
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa seated in meditation with simple food (unsalted gruel/fruit) before him; behind, symbolic visions of wells, ghats, and rest-houses ‘arising’ as merit-forms.
FAQs
Food-discipline undertaken as a vow is treated as a powerful form of dharma that generates enduring merit.
No single tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as a general Cāturmāsya/Kārtika vrata instruction within a Tīrthamāhātmya frame.
Observing a diet that avoids kṣāra (alkaline/caustic items) and lavaṇa (salt), especially as a vrata discipline.