Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48
आतिथ्यधर्मप्रवणा धर्मशास्त्रविचक्षणाः । नित्यसाधुसमाचारा गृहस्थास्तस्य सर्वतः
ātithyadharmapravaṇā dharmaśāstravicakṣaṇāḥ | nityasādhusamācārā gṛhasthāstasya sarvataḥ
त्याच्या राज्यात सर्वत्र गृहस्थ आतिथ्यधर्मात प्रवृत्त, धर्मशास्त्रात निपुण, आणि नित्य साधुसमाचार पाळणारे होते।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: Householders welcoming travelers: a doorway scene with lamps, water for washing feet, offering food; sādhus and pilgrims seated; scriptures and dharma texts present; the city’s sacred ambience pervades.
FAQs
Hospitality and righteous household life are powerful forms of dharma that generate merit and harmony.
Kāśī’s broader sacred region is honored by portraying a society shaped by dharma befitting a holy land.
Hospitality to guests (ātithya) is implied as a daily dharmic observance.