Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 41
अकृत्वा वैश्वदेवं तु भुंजते ये द्विजाधमाः । इह लोकेन्नहीनाः स्युः काकयोनिं व्रजंत्यथ
akṛtvā vaiśvadevaṃ tu bhuṃjate ye dvijādhamāḥ | iha lokennahīnāḥ syuḥ kākayoniṃ vrajaṃtyatha
أولئك الأدنياء من ذوي الولادتين الذين يأكلون دون أداء قربان «فايشفاديفا»، يُحرمون الطعام في هذا العالم؛ ثم بعد ذلك يذهبون إلى حالٍ كحال الغربان، إلى رحمها ومقامها.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cautionary vision: a man eats alone without offering; the scene shifts to him suffering hunger and then to a symbolic crow-state, while a contrasting figure offers food and is blessed with abundance.
FAQs
Food must be sanctified by offering and sharing; otherwise it brings karmic deprivation and degradation.
The warning is delivered within Kāśī-khaṇḍa, reinforcing Kashi’s dharma as integral to its sacred greatness.
Do not eat without first completing the Vaiśvadeva offering.