Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 55
सतां गेहे किल प्राप्ता भवतां चापकारिणी । सामेनातिथिपूजायां शिष्टे च गृहमागते
satāṃ gehe kila prāptā bhavatāṃ cāpakāriṇī | sāmenātithipūjāyāṃ śiṣṭe ca gṛhamāgate
“Sesungguhnya aku telah datang ke rumah orang-orang mulia, namun aku menjadi pelaku kesalahan terhadap kalian. Kalian menyambutku dengan lemah lembut, memuliakanku sebagai tetamu, sebagai grihastha yang beradab, tetapi aku membalasnya dengan tidak wajar.”
Unspecified woman (contextual speaker within Revā Khaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Sat-gṛha/āśrama as ‘living tīrtha’ (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śāṇḍilī speaks with folded hands or lowered posture, acknowledging fault before cultured household-sages who had honored her as a guest; atmosphere of moral seriousness rather than spectacle.
FAQs
One must honor and protect the guest; repaying kindness with harm is condemned in dharma.
The setting is the Revā (Narmadā) region in the Revā Khaṇḍa, though this verse itself focuses on household dharma rather than a single tīrtha.
Atithi-pūjā—receiving and honoring a guest with respectful hospitality.