Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 161
सायंप्रातश्च भोक्तव्यं कृत्वा ह्यतिथि भोजनम् । स्वप्नाध्ययनभोज्यानि संध्ययोश्च विवर्जयेत्
sāyaṃprātaśca bhoktavyaṃ kṛtvā hyatithi bhojanam | svapnādhyayanabhojyāni saṃdhyayośca vivarjayet
He should eat in the evening and in the morning, having first fed the guest. And at the two sandhyās, the twilight times, he should refrain from sleeping, study, and eating.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A disciplined householder-pilgrim at a riverside rest-house feeds an arriving guest first; the sky shows dawn/dusk hues while the devotee refrains from eating and turns to sandhyā worship.
FAQs
Honor guests as sacred and protect the sanctity of sandhyā by reserving it for prayerful discipline.
No specific site is mentioned; it prescribes universal daily conduct.
Eat morning and evening after feeding guests; avoid sleeping, studying, and eating during sandhyā times.