Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69
मध्यपत्रे न भुञ्जीत ब्रह्मवृक्षस्य भामिनि । नोच्चरेत्प्रणवं मंत्रं पुरोडाशं न भक्षयेत्
madhyapatre na bhuñjīta brahmavṛkṣasya bhāmini | noccaretpraṇavaṃ maṃtraṃ puroḍāśaṃ na bhakṣayet
يا أيتها الحسناء، لا ينبغي أن يُؤكَل على الورقة الوسطى من «شجرة براهما» المقدسة. ولا ينبغي التلفّظ بالبرَنَفَة (أوم Oṃ) على أنها مَنترَا، ولا أكل كعكة القُربان المعروفة بالبُروداشا (puroḍāśa).
Skanda (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration; addressing a देवी as bhāmini)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: bhāmini (female addressee within the narrative)
Scene: A domestic-pilgrimage instruction scene: a woman devotee being advised about leaf-plate etiquette, mantra restraint, and not consuming a specific offering-cake; temple kitchen and sacred tree nearby.
FAQs
Sacred places have specific disciplines; reverence is shown by observing localized ritual boundaries.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya these observances are taught.
Prohibitions concerning where to eat, chanting the Praṇava as mantra, and consuming puroḍāśa.