Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44
श्रान्ता भारपरिक्लिष्टा वहती कोपनं द्विजम् । पाययित्वोदकं कान्त नय मां मन्दिरं स्वकम्
śrāntā bhāraparikliṣṭā vahatī kopanaṃ dvijam | pāyayitvodakaṃ kānta naya māṃ mandiraṃ svakam
मैं थकी हूँ, भार से पीड़ित हूँ और इस क्रोधी ब्राह्मण को ढो रही हूँ। हे कान्त! इसे जल पिलाकर मुझे मेरे अपने भवन में ले चलो।
Rukmiṇī
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rukmiṇī, strained from bearing the burden of an irritable brāhmaṇa, appeals to Kṛṣṇa: first give the brāhmaṇa water, then take her home; the scene balances duty and tenderness.
FAQs
Hospitality is dharma even when the guest is difficult; service purifies and protects.
Dvārakā, as the sacred setting where ideals of atithi-dharma are enacted by divine figures.
Offering drinking water to a brāhmaṇa/guest (atithi) is explicitly advised.