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
Then those brāhmaṇas, considering the Ocean to be endowed with faith, replied, “So be it,” and ate from golden vessels.
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.