Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
अशाकभोजी दीर्घायुश्चातुर्मास्येऽभिजायते । रसत्यागान्महाप्राणी मधुत्यागात्सुलोचनः
aśākabhojī dīrghāyuścāturmāsye'bhijāyate | rasatyāgānmahāprāṇī madhutyāgātsulocanaḥ
चातुर्मास्य-व्रत में जो शाक (सब्ज़ी) नहीं खाता, वह दीर्घायु होता है। रसों का त्याग करने से महान् प्राण-शक्ति मिलती है और मधु का त्याग करने से सुन्दर नेत्र प्राप्त होते हैं।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya instructional tone)
Scene: Monsoon setting: a devotee under a temple eave, rain beyond, eating a simple sāttvika meal without vegetables/honey; a priest recites while the devotee offers water and flowers; eyes depicted bright and calm.
FAQs
Self-restraint in diet during Cāturmāsya purifies the senses and yields auspicious bodily and spiritual fruits.
This verse functions as Cāturmāsya-vrata phalaśruti within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting; no single tīrtha is named in this line.
Dietary niyamas for Cāturmāsya: abstaining from vegetables, from indulgence in tastes, and from honey.
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