Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8
अग्निर्द्विजानां विप्रश्च वर्णानां रमणः स्त्रियाम् । गुरुः पिता च पुत्राणां सर्वस्याभ्यागतो गुरुः
agnirdvijānāṃ vipraśca varṇānāṃ ramaṇaḥ striyām | guruḥ pitā ca putrāṇāṃ sarvasyābhyāgato guruḥ
Ang apoy ay banal na pagdalo para sa mga dalawang-ulit na isinilang; ang brāhmaṇa ang gabay ng mga uri ng lipunan; ang asawa ang minamahal ng kababaihan; ang ama ang guru ng mga anak na lalaki—ngunit para sa lahat, ang panauhing dumarating ay dapat ituring na guru.
Kauśika
Scene: Didactic tableau: symbolic figures—sacred fire, a brāhmaṇa teacher, a husband-wife pair, father-son—culminating in the arriving guest shown as universally venerable.
FAQs
Atithi-dharma is universal: the guest is to be revered as a guru, making hospitality a sacred act equal to honoring fire, teachers, and parents.
No specific tīrtha is named; the verse teaches dharma that applies across all sacred geographies celebrated in the Purāṇas.
The prescription is hospitality itself—treating the guest with reverence—though no specific offerings are listed in this verse.