Varaha Purana 170.46: Adhyaya 170, Shloka 46
The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship
including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics
आगत्य पितरौ मह्यं विशेषं तौ करिष्यतः ॥ अतिथेरागतस्येह पूजाया विमुखो भवेत् ॥
āgatya pitarau mahyaṁ viśeṣaṁ tau kariṣyataḥ || atither āgatasyeha pūjāyā vimukho bhavet
Jeśli przyjmę gościa, moi dwaj przodkowie, przybywszy do mnie, obdarzą szczególnym błogosławieństwem; lecz ten, kto odwraca się od czczenia gościa, który tu przybył, popełni błąd.
Śuka (the parrot, continuing the instruction)
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It connects hospitality with ancestral welfare, a recurring ethical rationale in Dharmaśāstra-adjacent passages, illustrating social values around guests and lineage.
No geographic identifier appears in this verse; it is ethical and ritual in focus.
Do not refuse to honor an arrived guest; hospitality is framed as ethically consequential and linked to ancestral benefit.
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