Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39
यस्मिन्गृहे विशेषेण लभेद्भिक्षा च वाशनम् । तत्र नो याति यो भूयः स यतिर्नेतरः स्मृतः
yasmingṛhe viśeṣeṇa labhedbhikṣā ca vāśanam | tatra no yāti yo bhūyaḥ sa yatirnetaraḥ smṛtaḥ
ಯಾವ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಯೂ ವಾಸಸ್ಥಾನವೂ ದೊರಕಿದರೂ, ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಹೋಗದವನೇ—ಯತಿ ಎಂದು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಇತರನು ಅಲ್ಲ.
Unspecified (deduced: didactic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Listener: Brāhmaṇa interlocutor
Scene: A yati receives respectful alms at a wealthy home, then walks away toward a different lane the next day, symbolizing non-repetition and freedom from preference; the householder watches with reverence.
FAQs
A renunciant avoids dependence and favoritism; repeated return to a generous patron breeds attachment.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is a dharma guideline embedded in the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
A discipline of bhikṣā: do not repeatedly seek alms/lodging from the same favorable household.
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