Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
मत्पित्रा स तदा दृष्टस्ततो भक्त्याऽभिवादितः । अर्घ्यं दत्त्वा ततः प्रोक्तो विश्रांतो विनयेन च
matpitrā sa tadā dṛṣṭastato bhaktyā'bhivāditaḥ | arghyaṃ dattvā tataḥ prokto viśrāṃto vinayena ca
എന്റെ പിതാവ് അപ്പോൾ അദ്ദേഹത്തെ കണ്ടു ഭക്തിയോടെ വന്ദിച്ചു. അർഘ്യം അർപ്പിച്ച്, വിനയത്തോടെ വിശ്രമിക്കണമെന്ന് അപേക്ഷിച്ചു।
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating
Listener: Unnamed audience (ṛṣis/śrotṛ-gaṇa implied)
Scene: The father bows with folded hands to the sage, offers arghya in a small vessel, and gestures toward a prepared seat/resting place; the sage accepts calmly.
FAQs
Honoring a guest—especially a sage—with devotion, arghya, and humility is a core Purāṇic expression of dharma.
The verse focuses on household dharma within the tīrtha-narrative; the exact tīrtha is contextual to the chapter’s larger māhātmya.
Offering arghya (a formal honor-offering) and inviting the guest to rest—standard components of atithi-satkāra.