Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33
विप्राणां भोजनं शक्त्या सर्वतीर्थेष्वयं विधिः । प्रायश्चित्तनिमित्तं च यो व्रजेद्यतमानसः
viprāṇāṃ bhojanaṃ śaktyā sarvatīrtheṣvayaṃ vidhiḥ | prāyaścittanimittaṃ ca yo vrajedyatamānasaḥ
সকল তীর্থে এই বিধি—সামর্থ্য অনুযায়ী ব্রাহ্মণদের ভোজন করানো। আর যে প্রায়শ্চিত্তের উদ্দেশ্যে সংযতচিত্তে তীর্থযাত্রা করে, সে এই বিধান পালন করে।
Skanda (deduced; Revā Khaṇḍa instructional discourse)
Tirtha: Sarva-tīrtha (general rule)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna) implied
Scene: Pilgrims at a tīrtha set up a simple feeding place: brāhmaṇas seated in a row receiving food; the donor offers with folded hands; in the background, a traveler with staff and waterpot walks with downcast, disciplined gaze.
FAQs
Pilgrimage becomes purifying when joined with charity—especially feeding the worthy—done with a disciplined mind.
The rule is stated as universal for all tīrthas, within the Revā/Narmadā pilgrimage framework of the Skanda Purāṇa.
Brāhmaṇa-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas) according to one’s means, as part of prāyaścitta-oriented tīrtha-yātrā.