Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
कृत्वा मम प्रसादं च गृहाण मुनिसत्तम । धन्योऽस्म्यनुगृहीतोऽस्मि यत्त्वं मे गृहमागतः । पूज्यो लोकत्रयस्यापि निःशेषतपसांनिधिः
kṛtvā mama prasādaṃ ca gṛhāṇa munisattama | dhanyo'smyanugṛhīto'smi yattvaṃ me gṛhamāgataḥ | pūjyo lokatrayasyāpi niḥśeṣatapasāṃnidhiḥ
ಹೇ ಮುನಿಸತ್ತಮ! ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ರಸಾದ ಮಾಡಿ ನನ್ನ ಅರ್ಪಣೆಯನ್ನು ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿರಿ. ನೀವು ನನ್ನ ಮನೆಗೆ ಬಂದಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ನಾನು ಧನ್ಯನು, ಅನುಗ್ರಹಿತನು. ನೀವು ತ್ರಿಲೋಕಕ್ಕೂ ಪೂಜ್ಯರು—ಅಶೇಷ ತಪಸ್ಸಿನ ನಿಧಿ.
Rāma (Raghūttama)
Scene: The host bows deeply, offering a tray (arghya/pādya) and gifts; the sage stands serene, radiating ascetic splendor; the phrase ‘worthy of worship by three worlds’ is shown via subtle celestial witnesses.
FAQs
Honoring a visiting sage as a divine guest is itself a blessing and a core expression of dharma.
The passage sits in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context around a Rāma-temple setting (Rāma-mandira), emphasizing sacred hospitality at a holy place.
Receiving the guest’s ‘prasāda’ (grace) and offering respectful reception—an implied rule of atithi-pūjā (guest worship).
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