Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46
लेह्यैश्चोष्यैस्तथा चर्व्यैः खाद्यैरेव पृथग्विधैः । यावदिच्छा मुनेस्तस्य तथान्नैर्विविधैरपि
lehyaiścoṣyaistathā carvyaiḥ khādyaireva pṛthagvidhaiḥ | yāvadicchā munestasya tathānnairvividhairapi
وقدّم له أصنافًا متمايزة من الطعام: ما يُلعَق، وما يُمصّ، وما يُمضَغ، وما يُؤكَل، ومعها ألوانٌ شتّى من الأطباق، بقدر ما يشتهي ذلك الموني.
Narrator (implied, continuing the story)
Scene: Inside a Rāma temple, attendants present multiple preparations—lickables, suckables, chewables, and full dishes—arranged in orderly offerings before a seated sage.
FAQs
True giving adapts to the guest’s needs and desire, offering abundance with purity and care.
The narrative remains within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya’s sacred-temple milieu centered on Rāma-mandira.
Anna-dāna expressed through varied food offerings (lehya/coṣya/carvya/khādya), i.e., complete hospitality.