[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 5.185 # Skandapurana 5.185 Skandapurāṇa 5.185 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.185.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.1) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. bhūya eva mahābhāga vada māhātmyamuttamam .. atitheḥ kṛtyamasmākaṃ vistareṇa ca sūtaja .. 1 .. > The seers said: / “O highly fortunate one, son of Sūta, declare once more in full detail / the supreme māhātmya of the guest and our duty \[toward him\].” // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. śṛṇvantu munayaḥ sarve māhātmyamidamuttamam .. yena saṃśrutamātreṇa naśyetpāpaṃ dinodbhavam .. 2 .. > Sūta said: / “Let all the sages listen to this supreme māhātmya, / by merely hearing which the sin born of the day is destroyed, // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.3) yanmayā ca śrutaṃ pūrvaṃ sakāśātsvapituḥ śubham .. 3 .. > which was previously heard by me as auspicious from my father's presence. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.4) gṛhasthānāṃ paro dharmo nānyo'styatithipūjanāt .. atitherna ca doṣosti tasyātikramaṇena ca .. 4 .. > For householders there is no higher duty than the worship of a guest; / there is no fault in a guest, nor in passing beyond him. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.5) atithiryasya bhagnāśo gṛhātpratinivartate .. sa dattvā duṣkṛtaṃ tasmai puṇyamādāya gacchati .. 5 .. > From whose house a guest turns away with his hopes shattered, / he goes away leaving his misdeeds to that host and taking away his merit. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.6) satyaṃ śaucaṃ tapo'dhītaṃ dattamiṣṭaṃ śataṃ samāḥ .. tasya sarvamidaṃ naṣṭamatithiṃ yo na pūjayet .. 6 .. > Truth, purification, austerity, study, sacrifices, and gifts made for a hundred years— / all this is lost for him who does not worship a guest. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.7) dūrādatithayo yasya gṛhamāyāṃti nirvṛtāḥ .. sa gṛhastha iti proktaḥ śeṣāśca gṛharakṣiṇaḥ .. 7 .. > He to whose house guests come contented from afar / is called a true householder; the others are merely guardians of a house. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.8) na purākṛtapuṇyānāṃ narāṇāmiha bhūtale .. trīnetānpratihanyaṃte śrāddhaṃ dānaṃ śubhā giraḥ .. 8 .. > For men on this earth who have performed no prior merit, / these three are obstructed: ancestral offerings, gifts, and kind words. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.9) tuṣṭe'tithau gṛhasthasya tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ .. vimukhe vimukhāḥ sarvā bhavaṃti ca na saṃśayaḥ 9 .. > When a guest is pleased, all deities become pleased with the householder; / when he turns away, all turn away, without a doubt. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.10) tasmāttoṣayitavyaśca gṛhasthena sadā'tithiḥ .. apyātmanaḥ pradānena yadīcchetpuṇyamātmanaḥ .. .. 6.186.10 .. > Therefore, a guest must always be gratified by a householder, / even by offering himself, if he desires merit for himself. // 6.186.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.11) trividhastvatithiḥ prokto gṛhasthānāṃ dvijottamāḥ .. tasyāhaṃ vacmi vaḥ kālaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ .. 11 .. > A guest is declared to be threefold for householders, O best of twice-borns. / I shall tell you their proper time; listen attentively: // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.12) śrāddhīyo vaiśvadevīyaḥ sūryoḍhaśca tṛtīyakaḥ .. ye cānye bhojanārthīyāste sāmānyāḥ prakīrtitā .. 12 .. > one belonging to the śrāddha, one belonging to the vaiśvadeva, and the third is the one brought by the sun \[at evening\]; / those others who come seeking food are designated as ordinary ones. // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.13) sāṃkalpe vihite śrāddhe pitṝṇāṃ bhojanodbhave .. samāgacchati yaḥ kāle tasmiñchrāddhīya eva saḥ .. 13 .. > When a deliberate śrāddha has been arranged for the dining of the ancestors, / he who arrives at that time is indeed a guest of the śrāddha. // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.14) dūrādhvānaṃ pathi śrāṃtaṃ vaiśvadevāṃta āgatam .. atithiṃ taṃ vijānīyānnātithiḥ pūrvamāgataḥ .. 14 .. > One who comes at the end of the vaiśvadeva, weary from travel on a long road, / one should know him as a guest; one who arrived earlier is not a guest. // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.15) priyo vā yadi vā dveṣyo mūrkhaḥ paṃḍita eva vā .. vaiśvadeve tu saṃprāptaḥ so'tithiḥ svargasaṃkramaḥ .. 15 .. > Whether dear or disliked, a fool or indeed a scholar, / if he arrives at the vaiśvadeva sacrifice, that guest is a bridge to heaven. // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.16) na pṛcchedgotracaraṇaṃ na sthānaṃ vedameva ca .. dṛṣṭvā yajñopavītaṃ ca bhojayettaṃ prabhaktitaḥ .. 16 .. > One should not ask his lineage, conduct, dwelling, or Veda; / seeing his sacred thread, one should feed him with great devotion. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.17) śrāddhe vā vaiśvadeve vā yadyāgacchati nātithiḥ .. ghṛtāhutiṃ tato dadyāttannāmnā ca havirbhuji .. 17 .. > If no guest arrives at the śrāddha or at the vaiśvadeva, / one should then offer an oblation of clarified butter into the fire in his name. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.18) aśaktyā bhojyadānasya deyaṃ bhaktyā tataḥ param .. tasyānnamapi tu stokaṃ yena tuṣṭiṃ pragacchati .. 18 .. > If unable to provide a full meal, something further should be given with devotion— / even a little of his food, whereby he becomes satisfied. // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.19) tathānyaśca tṛtīyastu sūryoḍho'tithirucyate .. kṛte tu bhojane yastu rātrau vā cādhigacchati.. tasya śaktyā pradātavyaṃ sasyaṃ ca gṛhamedhinā..19.. > And the third guest is called the one brought by the sun; / he who arrives after the meal has been taken, or at night, / should be given grain by the householder according to his capacity. // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.19\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.19_1) sūryoḍho yasya saṃprāpto gṛhātpūjāṃ vinā vrajet.. nirāśaḥ pātakaṃ tasya nijaṃ dattvā prayāti saḥ..6.186.2... > He who has arrived brought by the sun, if he departs from a house without worship, / leaves behind his own sin disappointed, and departs. // 6.186.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.21) tṛṇāni bhūmirudakaṃ vākcaturthī ca sūnṛtā.. etānyapi satāṃ gehe nocchidyaṃte kadācana..21.. > Grass \[for a seat\], earth \[for rest\], water, and fourthly pleasant speech— / these are never lacking in the houses of the virtuous. // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.22) svāgatenāgnayastṛptiṃ gṛhasthasya prayāṃti ca .. āsanena vrajettuṣṭiṃ svayaṃbhūḥ prapitāmahaḥ .. 22.. > By a welcome the fires of the householder attain satisfaction; / by a seat the self-manifest Great-Grandfather attains contentment; // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.23) argheṇa śaṃbhuḥ pādyena sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. bhojyadānena viṣṇuḥ syātsarvadevamayo'tithiḥ .. 23 .. > by the respectful offering Śambhu is pleased; by water for the feet all gods with Indra; / by the gift of food Viṣṇu is pleased, for the guest embodies all deities. // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.24) tasmātpūjyaḥ sadā viprā bhojanīyo viśeṣataḥ .. nāmāpyuccārya bhojyo'nyo brāhmaṇo gṛhamedhinā .. 24 .. > Therefore, O brahmins, he must always be worshiped and fed especially; / any other brahmin should also be fed by the householder after uttering his name. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.185.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185.186) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭa keśvarakṣetramāhātmye'tithimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍaśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 186 .. .. > Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Guest', in the Greatness of the Sacred Field of the Glorious Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse compilation in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa. // 186 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.185.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.20.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.185) · Pramāṇa