Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 31
गृहिण्युवाच । भगवन्भिक्षुकास्तावदद्य दृष्टा न कुत्रचित् । असत्कृत्यातिथिं नाथो न मे भोक्ष्यति कर्हिचित्
gṛhiṇyuvāca | bhagavanbhikṣukāstāvadadya dṛṣṭā na kutracit | asatkṛtyātithiṃ nātho na me bhokṣyati karhicit
گھر والی نے کہا: “اے بھگون! آج میں نے کہیں بھی کوئی بھکشک نہیں دیکھا۔ اے ناتھ! اگر میں مہمان کی خاطر تواضع نہ کروں تو میرا شوہر کبھی بھی میرا پکایا ہوا کھانا نہیں کھائے گا۔”
Gṛhiṇī (housewife)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Ānandavana)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A worried housewife at the doorway with a water pot and offering tray, scanning the street for bhikṣus; behind her, a simple home shrine lamp burns, indicating dharma’s urgency in daily life.
FAQs
Hospitality (atithi-satkāra) is portrayed as a non-negotiable dharma for householders.
The verse is within the Kāśī context, though it specifically teaches atithi-dharma rather than naming a tīrtha.
Satkāra—proper honoring of guests/mendicants (a dharmic obligation akin to daily religious observance).