Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68
तस्मादतिथयः प्राप्ता यूयं सर्वेऽद्य मे गृहम् । प्रकरोमि किमातिथ्यं प्रोच्यतां द्विजसत्तमाः
tasmādatithayaḥ prāptā yūyaṃ sarve'dya me gṛham | prakaromi kimātithyaṃ procyatāṃ dvijasattamāḥ
അതുകൊണ്ട് നിങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും ഇന്ന് അതിഥികളായി എന്റെ ഗൃഹത്തിലെത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു; ഇന്ന് നിങ്ങൾ എല്ലാവരും എന്റെ വീട്ടിലാണു. ഞാൻ ഏതു വിധം അതിഥിസേവ ചെയ്യണം? പറയുക, ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ!
Mṛkaṇḍa (inviting and offering hospitality to the sages)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mṛkaṇḍa invites the sages into his home, respectfully asking what hospitality he should perform; the threshold becomes a sacred limen between tīrtha and household.
FAQs
Atithi-dharma—reverently serving guests, especially sages—is a direct expression of righteousness and a generator of puṇya.
The hospitality occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha setting near the āśrama; the verse emphasizes dharma practiced at a sacred place.
Offering ātithya (hospitality) to dvijas/sages is explicitly requested as the proper action.