Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
तस्मात्तोषयितव्यश्च गृहस्थेन सदाऽतिथिः । अप्यात्मनः प्रदानेन यदीच्छेत्पुण्यमात्मनः
tasmāttoṣayitavyaśca gṛhasthena sadā'tithiḥ | apyātmanaḥ pradānena yadīcchetpuṇyamātmanaḥ
پس گِرہستھ کو چاہیے کہ ہمیشہ اَتِتھی کو راضی کرے؛ اگر وہ اپنے لیے پُنّیہ چاہتا ہو تو اپنے حصّے میں سے دے کر بھی۔
Deductive (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration; likely Sūta speaking to sages)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A modest householder divides his meal, giving his own share to a hungry guest; the household fire glows brighter, symbolizing dharma; the giver’s face shows resolve, not loss.
FAQs
Hospitality is a direct generator of puṇya; true giving may require personal sacrifice.
No single site is named in the verse; it provides a universal dharma principle embedded in the tīrtha-narrative.
To please the guest through offering food/one’s own share (dāna-bhāva) as a constant duty.
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