Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
तथापि मम भाग्येन मत्पुण्यैर्मद्गृहं गतः । न तृप्ये त्वन्मुखांभोजाच्च्युतं वाक्यामृतं पुनः
tathāpi mama bhāgyena matpuṇyairmadgṛhaṃ gataḥ | na tṛpye tvanmukhāṃbhojāccyutaṃ vākyāmṛtaṃ punaḥ
ಆದರೂ ನನ್ನ ಭಾಗ್ಯದಿಂದಲೂ ನನ್ನ ಪುಣ್ಯಫಲದಿಂದಲೂ ನೀವು ನನ್ನ ಮನೆಗೆ ಬಂದಿದ್ದೀರಿ. ಆದರೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕಮಲಮುಖದಿಂದ ಹರಿಯುವ ವಾಕ್ಯಾಮೃತವನ್ನು ಪುನಃ ಪುನಃ ಕುಡಿದರೂ ನನಗೆ ತೃಪ್ತಿ ಆಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
Unspecified in snippet (a host/devotee addressing a revered brāhmaṇa/sage)
Listener: Śūdra (host)
Scene: The host offers water and a seat to the visiting brāhmaṇa; the host’s face shows grateful wonder, as if drinking the nectar of speech; lotus imagery subtly frames the narrator’s mouth/words.
FAQs
Puṇya ripens into satsaṅga: hosting and hearing a saint is itself a devotional blessing that never feels ‘enough’ to the sincere seeker.
This verse itself praises satsaṅga rather than naming a particular tīrtha; it sits within the Tīrthamāhātmya flow of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the implied dharma is honoring holy guests and listening to dhārmic discourse.
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