Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
मोहिन्युवाच । एते ह्यतिथयो ज्ञेया धर्म्मसर्वस्वसाधनाः । एभ्यो देयं यताशक्त्या यदि सत्यं वचो मम । प्रमाणं भवतां चाद्य कुरुध्वं मा विलंबथ
mohinyuvāca | ete hyatithayo jñeyā dharmmasarvasvasādhanāḥ | ebhyo deyaṃ yatāśaktyā yadi satyaṃ vaco mama | pramāṇaṃ bhavatāṃ cādya kurudhvaṃ mā vilaṃbatha
موہنی نے کہا: “انہیں مہمان جانو؛ ان کی خدمت ہی دھرم کا جوہر اور اس کی تکمیل ہے۔ اگر میرا کلام سچ ہے تو اپنی استطاعت کے مطابق انہیں دان دو۔ آج ہی اسے اپنا پختہ اصول بنا لو؛ دیر نہ کرو۔”
Mohinī (Viṣṇu’s enchanting form)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Mohinī addresses the assembly with a firm, compassionate gesture, pointing toward the arriving ‘guests’; the disguised devas stand with serving vessels, while the asuras listen, momentarily restrained by dharma-language.
FAQs
Honouring guests and giving according to one’s means is presented as a core practice that upholds dharma.
The instruction appears within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s narrative stream; the immediate focus is ethical dharma rather than a specific tīrtha description.
Dāna and hospitality: give to guests according to one’s capacity, without delay.