Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
ताम्रपात्रे न भुञ्जीत कदाचिद्वा गृही नरः । चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण ताम्रपात्रं विवर्जयेत्
tāmrapātre na bhuñjīta kadācidvā gṛhī naraḥ | cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa tāmrapātraṃ vivarjayet
گھر گرہست انسان کو کبھی بھی تانبے کے برتن میں کھانا نہیں چاہیے۔ خاص طور پر چاتُرمَاسیہ کے دوران تانبے کے برتنوں سے پرہیز کرے۔
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Inside a simple household shrine-room, a householder sets aside a copper plate, choosing an alternative leaf-plate; a calendar-like Cāturmāsya marker (four-month symbol) hangs nearby; the mood is disciplined and calm.
FAQs
Vrata discipline extends to ordinary habits; regulating one’s eating implements is presented as a meaningful form of self-restraint.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Cāturmāsya instruction stream within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra frame.
Do not eat from copper vessels, with heightened strictness during Cāturmāsya.