Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
अशाकभोजी दीर्घायुश्चातुर्मास्येऽभिजायते । रसत्यागान्महाप्राणी मधुत्यागात्सुलोचनः
aśākabhojī dīrghāyuścāturmāsye'bhijāyate | rasatyāgānmahāprāṇī madhutyāgātsulocanaḥ
چاتُرمَاسیہ کے ورت میں جو سبزی نہیں کھاتا وہ دراز عمر ہوتا ہے۔ ذائقوں کا ترک کرنے سے عظیم قوتِ حیات ملتی ہے، اور شہد چھوڑنے سے خوبصورت آنکھوں کی برکت نصیب ہوتی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya instructional tone)
Scene: Monsoon setting: a devotee under a temple eave, rain beyond, eating a simple sāttvika meal without vegetables/honey; a priest recites while the devotee offers water and flowers; eyes depicted bright and calm.
FAQs
Self-restraint in diet during Cāturmāsya purifies the senses and yields auspicious bodily and spiritual fruits.
This verse functions as Cāturmāsya-vrata phalaśruti within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting; no single tīrtha is named in this line.
Dietary niyamas for Cāturmāsya: abstaining from vegetables, from indulgence in tastes, and from honey.