Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
तस्मात्त्वं यच्छ मे शीघ्रं भोजनं रघुनंदन । नान्येन कारणं किंचित्संन्यस्तस्य धनादिना
tasmāttvaṃ yaccha me śīghraṃ bhojanaṃ raghunaṃdana | nānyena kāraṇaṃ kiṃcitsaṃnyastasya dhanādinā
അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ രഘുനന്ദനാ! എനിക്കു വേഗം ഭോജനം തരിക. സന്ന്യാസിക്ക് ധനം മുതലായവകൊണ്ട് മറ്റൊരു ലക്ഷ്യവും ഇല്ല.
Muni (Durvāsā)
Listener: Raghunandana/Raghu-line ruler
Scene: The sage, calm but direct, requests food immediately; his minimal possessions contrast with the host’s opulence; the moral clarity of renunciation is foregrounded.
FAQs
A renunciant seeks only bare sustenance; the householder’s dharma is to respond promptly and without delay.
The teaching is framed within the sacred setting of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya around a Rāma-mandira locale.
Immediate offering of भोजन (food) to an arrived guest-sage; a practical form of dāna and atithi-pūjā.