Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
वैश्वदेवांतरे प्राप्तः सूर्योढो वातिथिः स्मृतः । अतिथेरादितोप्येते भोज्या नात्र विचारणा
vaiśvadevāṃtare prāptaḥ sūryoḍho vātithiḥ smṛtaḥ | atitherāditopyete bhojyā nātra vicāraṇā
ヴァイシュヴァデーヴァ供養の合間に来た者——日の出前であれ日の出の時であれ——は「アティティ（客）」とされる。そのような者は、まず客から食を施すべきであり、ここに思案は要らない。
Deductive (sectional narration; likely Sūta speaking in a dharma-teaching passage)
Scene: Dawn scene: a traveler arrives at a house during the Vaiśvadeva time; the householder pauses the rite and welcomes him, offering water for feet and a meal; the rising sun at horizon signifies the time definition.
FAQs
Hospitality is non-negotiable: feeding the guest at the proper time is treated as a direct act of dharma.
No specific tīrtha is referenced; the teaching concerns household ritual timing around Vaiśvadeva.
It links the recognition and feeding of an atithi to the Vaiśvadeva time-window and instructs feeding without hesitation.