Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
भक्ष्यभोज्यैश्च विविधैः कामपानादिभिस्तथा । तृप्ता देवाश्च मुनयो भूतग्रामाश्चतुर्दश
bhakṣyabhojyaiśca vividhaiḥ kāmapānādibhistathā | tṛptā devāśca munayo bhūtagrāmāścaturdaśa
With many kinds of foods to be eaten and enjoyed, and with desired drinks and the like, the gods and the sages were satisfied—so too were the fourteen groups of beings.
Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A vast feast at the yajña: attendants distribute diverse foods and desired drinks; devas and munis sit in orderly rows; representatives of many beings—visible and subtle—appear pacified and content around the sacred enclosure.
FAQs
Dharma at a tīrtha includes generous provision—sacred rites are accompanied by nourishment that pleases gods, sages, and all orders of beings.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the yajña’s hospitality reaches a cosmic scale.
No formal injunction, but the verse implicitly praises the yajña-associated duty of feeding and offering abundantly.
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