Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
अन्नं च नो बहु भवेदतिथींश्च लभेमद्दि । याचितारश्च नः सन्तु मा च याचिष्म कश्चन
annaṃ ca no bahu bhavedatithīṃśca labhemaddi | yācitāraśca naḥ santu mā ca yāciṣma kaścana
សូមឲ្យយើងមានអាហារសម្បូរបែប ហើយបានទទួលភ្ញៀវដើម្បីគោរពបូជា។ សូមឲ្យមានអ្នកមកសុំយើង ដើម្បីយើងបានឲ្យទាន ហើយសូមកុំឲ្យនរណាម្នាក់ក្នុងយើងធ្លាក់ដល់ការសុំទានឡើយ។
Unknown (contextual narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: pārthivo-ttama (king)
Scene: A household/pilgrim camp near a tīrtha distributes food to guests and supplicants; steaming pots, leaf-plates, orderly lines; the giver’s face shows calm joy and responsibility.
FAQs
Householder dharma is upheld by hospitality and generosity—seeking abundance to serve others, not merely to possess.
The verse is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter but does not identify the sacred site in this excerpt.
A concluding śrāddha prayer for plentiful food, the arrival of guests, opportunities to give, and freedom from the need to beg.