Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
अक्षारलवणाशी च यो भवेद्ब्राह्मणोत्तमः । तस्यापि सकलाः पूर्ताः प्रभवंति सदा ततः
akṣāralavaṇāśī ca yo bhavedbrāhmaṇottamaḥ | tasyāpi sakalāḥ pūrtāḥ prabhavaṃti sadā tataḥ
اور وہ برہمنِ برتر جو کھارے اور نمکین کھانوں سے پرہیز کر کے جیتا ہے، اس ضبطِ نفس سے اس کے لیے پورت (عوامی نیکیوں) کے سبھی پُنّیہ ہمیشہ جاری ہو جاتے ہیں۔
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic narration)
Scene: A learned brāhmaṇa seated in meditation with simple food (unsalted gruel/fruit) before him; behind, symbolic visions of wells, ghats, and rest-houses ‘arising’ as merit-forms.
FAQs
Food-discipline undertaken as a vow is treated as a powerful form of dharma that generates enduring merit.
No single tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as a general Cāturmāsya/Kārtika vrata instruction within a Tīrthamāhātmya frame.
Observing a diet that avoids kṣāra (alkaline/caustic items) and lavaṇa (salt), especially as a vrata discipline.