Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
स्वागतं तव विप्रेंद्र कुतस्त्वमिह चागतः । आदेशो दीयतां मह्यं किं करोमि यथोचितम्
svāgataṃ tava vipreṃdra kutastvamiha cāgataḥ | ādeśo dīyatāṃ mahyaṃ kiṃ karomi yathocitam
Sei willkommen, o Bester unter den Brāhmaṇas. Woher bist du hierher gekommen? Gewähre mir deine Weisung—was soll ich tun, wie es sich nach Dharma geziemt?
Lomaharṣaṇa's father (host), addressing Vatsa
Listener: Unnamed audience (ṛṣis/śrotṛ-gaṇa implied)
Scene: The father stands with folded hands, speaking to the seated sage: welcoming him, asking his provenance, and requesting instructions for proper service.
FAQs
True hospitality includes humility—asking the guest what is proper to be done, and placing oneself in service of dharma.
No site is named in this verse; it supports the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative by modeling dharmic conduct.
Not a specific ritual, but the dharmic protocol of welcoming and requesting guidance (ādeśa) from a revered guest.