Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
मितान्नाशनकृद्धीरश्चातुर्मास्ये नरो यदि । निर्धूय सकलं पापं वैकुण्ठपदमाप्नुयात्
mitānnāśanakṛddhīraścāturmāsye naro yadi | nirdhūya sakalaṃ pāpaṃ vaikuṇṭhapadamāpnuyāt
اگر چاتُرمَاسیہ کے دوران ثابت قدم مرد نپا تُلا کھانا کھائے تو وہ سارا گناہ جھاڑ کر ویکُنٹھ کے مقام کو پا لیتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa māhātmya-style instruction)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A disciplined devotee eats a small measured meal after offering it to Viṣṇu; a vision of Vaikuṇṭha (four-armed Viṣṇu, Garuḍa, divine city) appears as the promised fruit.
FAQs
Self-restraint in food during Cāturmāsya is portrayed as a powerful purifier that leads toward Viṣṇu’s highest abode.
This verse emphasizes the vow’s merit within a Tīrthamāhātmya context rather than naming a single tīrtha explicitly.
Mitāhāra: eating in measured quantity as a Cāturmāsya discipline.