Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
तीर्थयात्रापरो विप्रो ब्रह्मचर्यपरायणः । भोजनार्थं समामन्त्र्य नीतोऽवस्थामिमां ततः
tīrthayātrāparo vipro brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ | bhojanārthaṃ samāmantrya nīto'vasthāmimāṃ tataḥ
अहं तीर्थयात्रापरः विप्रः, ब्रह्मचर्यपरायणः। भोजनच्छलेन समामन्त्र्य नीतोऽहं ततः इमाम् अवस्थां प्राप्तः।
Puṣpa (continuing his statement; inferred from narrative flow)
Scene: A brāhmaṇa pilgrim, with travel staff and water-pot, speaks of his vow of brahmacarya and how he was lured by an invitation to eat; the crowd’s faces show shame and anger at the breach of hospitality.
FAQs
Pilgrimage and brahmacarya are upheld as virtues; deceiving a righteous pilgrim violates dharma and invites retribution.
The verse sits within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra / Puṣpāditya Māhātmya setting in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage) is presented as the speaker’s dharmic practice.