Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
स तत्प्राप्नोत्यसंदिग्धं वांछिताच्च चतुर्गुणम् । पक्वान्नस्य कृतास्तत्र दृश्यंते पर्वताः शुभाः
sa tatprāpnotyasaṃdigdhaṃ vāṃchitācca caturguṇam | pakvānnasya kṛtāstatra dṛśyaṃte parvatāḥ śubhāḥ
Il l’obtient sans nul doute—au quadruple de ce qu’il désirait. Là, l’on voyait des amas de mets cuits, de bon augure, tels des montagnes.
Sūta (continuation of Sūta uvāca frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ
Scene: yajña-maṇḍape icchita-phalaṃ catuर्गuṇaṃ labhyate iti āścarya-bhāvaḥ; pakvānna-rāśayaḥ parvata-sadṛśāḥ—bhakṣya, odana, pāyasa, pūpa; sevakāḥ pātraṃ pūrayanti; brāhmaṇāḥ pāṅktiṣu bhunjate; samṛddhi sarvataḥ.
FAQs
Generosity and sacrifice amplify blessings; dharmic giving returns multiplied results while nourishing the community.
Within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya narrative setting; the verse spotlights the yajña’s extraordinary abundance.
Implied annadāna/bhojana arrangements as part of yajña—large-scale preparation and distribution of cooked food.