Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
ततो भुक्तावसानेऽथ निविष्टः मुखसंस्थित । मम मात्रा परिपृष्टो विनयाद्वरवर्णिनि
tato bhuktāvasāne'tha niviṣṭaḥ mukhasaṃsthita | mama mātrā paripṛṣṭo vinayādvaravarṇini
Dann, als das Mahl beendet war, setzte er sich ihnen zugewandt. Meine Mutter fragte ihn in höflicher Demut — o du schönfarbige Dame.
Śāṇḍilya (continuing narrative)
Scene: A quiet household after a meal: the honored sage sits facing the family; the mother, modest and composed, begins her respectful question.
FAQs
Courtesy completes hospitality: after serving, one engages the guest with respectful speech and inquiry.
No tīrtha is specified in this line; it continues the āśrama narrative framework.
No new ritual is prescribed; it depicts the customary post-meal seating and polite questioning of the guest.