Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
ताम्रपात्रे न भुञ्जीत कदाचिद्वा गृही नरः । चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण ताम्रपात्रं विवर्जयेत्
tāmrapātre na bhuñjīta kadācidvā gṛhī naraḥ | cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa tāmrapātraṃ vivarjayet
ગૃહસ્થ પુરુષે ક્યારેય તાંબાના પાત્રમાં ભોજન ન કરવું જોઈએ. ખાસ કરીને ચાતુર્માસ્યમાં તાંબાના વાસણો ત્યજવા જોઈએ.
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Inside a simple household shrine-room, a householder sets aside a copper plate, choosing an alternative leaf-plate; a calendar-like Cāturmāsya marker (four-month symbol) hangs nearby; the mood is disciplined and calm.
FAQs
Vrata discipline extends to ordinary habits; regulating one’s eating implements is presented as a meaningful form of self-restraint.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Cāturmāsya instruction stream within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra frame.
Do not eat from copper vessels, with heightened strictness during Cāturmāsya.