Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 115
सुभगा पुत्रिणी साध्वी धनऋद्धिसमन्विता । सहस्रभोजिनी देवि भवेज्जन्मनिजन्मनि
subhagā putriṇī sādhvī dhanaṛddhisamanvitā | sahasrabhojinī devi bhavejjanmanijanmani
Ô Déesse, elle devient heureuse, comblée d’enfants, vertueuse, pourvue de richesse et de prospérité ; et elle devient celle qui nourrit des milliers, naissance après naissance.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A blessed donor-woman is envisioned: adorned with signs of saubhāgya, surrounded by children and prosperity, overseeing a grand annadāna where thousands are fed; the verse addresses Devī as witness and granter of auspiciousness.
FAQs
Charitable feeding ripens into lasting auspiciousness—virtue, prosperity, and the power to nourish many across lifetimes.
The promise is framed within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, where dāna gains heightened merit.
The implied practice is feeding (bhojana-dāna), whose fruit is described as prosperity and repeated capacity for large-scale feeding.