Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
ततस्तं प्रार्थयामास गत्वा भोज्यं च स द्विजाः । तेनापि स द्विजः प्रोक्तस्तदासौ द्विजसत्तमाः
tatastaṃ prārthayāmāsa gatvā bhojyaṃ ca sa dvijāḥ | tenāpi sa dvijaḥ proktastadāsau dvijasattamāḥ
അപ്പോൾ ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ അവന്റെ അടുക്കൽ ചെന്നു ഭോജനത്തിനായി അപേക്ഷിച്ചു. അപ്പോൾ ആ ഗൃഹസ്ഥനും, ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണനോട് ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞു.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa-pilgrim approaches a householder and respectfully asks for food; the host turns to speak, beginning to lay down conditions.
FAQs
A pilgrim’s need invites the householder’s dharma of hospitality, framed through direct dialogue.
The episode occurs within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; this verse itself does not specify the site.
Requesting and granting bhojana (food) as a form of charity/hospitality.