Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13
भुक्तायां त्वयि रिक्तैषा पूर्णभक्ता भविप्यति । रसवद्व्यंजननिधिरिच्छाभक्ष्यप्रदायिनी
bhuktāyāṃ tvayi riktaiṣā pūrṇabhaktā bhavipyati | rasavadvyaṃjananidhiricchābhakṣyapradāyinī
‘কিন্তু তুমি ভোজন কৰিলে ই খালী হৈ যাব; আৰু যেতিয়া ই পূৰ্ণ থাকে, তেতিয়া উৎকৃষ্ট ভাত আৰু ৰসাল ব্যঞ্জনৰ ভঁৰাল হৈ থাকে—ইচ্ছামতে খাদ্য দান কৰে।’
Sūrya (contextual boon-speech; framed by Skanda’s narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two states of the bowl are shown: overflowing with rice and savory dishes when ‘full’, and empty after Draupadī eats—visualizing the moral boundary of the miracle.
FAQs
Divine gifts are structured to protect dharma: abundance is aligned with service, not indulgence.
Kāśī, where such dharma-centered boons are narrated as part of the city’s māhātmya.
A conditional observance tied to eating order and feeding others, governing the boon’s ‘akṣaya’ effect.