Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
परान्नेन तु भुक्तेन मिथुनं योऽधिगच्छति । यस्यान्नं तस्य ते पुत्रा अन्नाच्छुक्रं प्रवर्तते
parānnena tu bhuktena mithunaṃ yo'dhigacchati | yasyānnaṃ tasya te putrā annācchukraṃ pravartate
مَن أكلَ طعامَ غيره ثم جامعَ، قيل إن أبناءه يُنسبون إلى مُعطي ذلك الطعام؛ لأن من الطعام تتحرّك البذرة المُولِّدة (śukra).
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa receives a meal from a host; behind them, a symbolic depiction shows food transforming into generative essence (śukra) as a subtle white stream, while a dharma-figure gestures restraint before intimacy.
FAQs
Food is not merely physical; it shapes vitality and lineage—hence one must be discerning about whose food one accepts.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the Māhātmya frames even daily acts like eating as part of sacred discipline.
A restraint is implied: avoid intimate relations after consuming parānna, emphasizing the dharmic weight of food-acceptance.