Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
अथ ते ब्राह्मणा मत्वा समुद्रं श्रद्धयान्वितम् । बाढमित्येव तं प्रोच्य बुभुजुः स्वर्णभाजने
atha te brāhmaṇā matvā samudraṃ śraddhayānvitam | bāḍhamityeva taṃ procya bubhujuḥ svarṇabhājane
তখন সেই ব্রাহ্মণগণ সমুদ্রকে শ্রদ্ধাসম্পন্ন মনে করে “বাঢ়ম্—তথাস্তु” বলে সম্মতি জানিয়ে স্বর্ণপাত্রে ভোজন করলেন।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: On the Prabhāsa seashore, brāhmaṇas seated in orderly rows accept a meal served in gleaming golden vessels; the ocean is personified as a reverent host, the atmosphere both auspicious and subtly uncanny.
FAQs
Faith (śraddhā) and trust shape social dharma, yet discernment is also required when purity is at stake.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra; the narrative occurs within its Māhātmya framework.
Feeding brāhmaṇas (bhojana) is implied as a meritorious act, though the story problematizes it through deception.