Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109
यः कृशाश्वः कृशधनः कृशभृत्यः कृशातिथिः । स वै प्रोक्तः कृशोनाम न शरीरकृशः कृशऋ
yaḥ kṛśāśvaḥ kṛśadhanaḥ kṛśabhṛtyaḥ kṛśātithiḥ | sa vai proktaḥ kṛśonāma na śarīrakṛśaḥ kṛśaṛ
جس کے گھوڑے کمزور ہوں، مال کم ہو، خادم کم ہوں، اور مہمان نوازی بھی کم ہو—اسی کو ‘حقیقتاً کمزور’ کہا گیا ہے؛ محض بدن کا دبلا ہونا کمزوری نہیں۔
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A householder’s courtyard: a weary traveler-guest arrives; the host’s ‘meagre hospitality’ is contrasted with the ideal of offering water/food/seat.
FAQs
True ‘meagreness’ is not bodily thinness but inability or refusal to sustain dharmic household duties like hospitality.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse emphasizes gṛhastha-dharma, especially atithi-satkāra.
Atithi-dharma is implied: one should properly receive and feed guests rather than be ‘kṛśātithi’ (stingy in hospitality).