Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 23
तत्त्वं गेहानि चास्माकं पादचंक्रमणेन च । दर्शनाद्भोजनात्स्थानादस्माभिः सह पावय
tattvaṃ gehāni cāsmākaṃ pādacaṃkramaṇena ca | darśanādbhojanātsthānādasmābhiḥ saha pāvaya
ஆகையால் எங்கள் இல்லங்களையும் தூய்மைப்படுத்துங்கள்—உங்கள் திருப்பாதங்கள் இங்கு நடப்பதால், உங்கள் தரிசனத்தால், உணவு ஏற்றுக்கொள்வதால், மேலும் எங்களுடன் இங்கு தங்குவதால்।
Brāhmaṇas (headed by Hārīta) addressing the Atithi
Type: kshetra
Scene: The householders implore the brāhmaṇa-guest to purify their homes by walking within, granting sight, accepting their food, and staying with them.
FAQs
Holiness is transmitted through presence: a saint’s footsteps, sight, meal-acceptance, and residence sanctify the household.
The ‘home’ is treated as a sanctifiable sacred space through the atithi’s presence; no named tīrtha is specified.
Receiving the guest properly—inviting him to enter, to be seen (darśana), to accept food, and to stay.