Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
तस्माद्यत्किञ्चिदन्नं ते सिद्धमस्ति गृहे नृप । तद्देहि भोजनार्थं मे बुभुक्षातीव वर्धते
tasmādyatkiñcidannaṃ te siddhamasti gṛhe nṛpa | taddehi bhojanārthaṃ me bubhukṣātīva vardhate
અતએવ, હે રાજા, તારા ઘરમાં જે કંઈ પક્વ અન્ન તૈયાર છે તે મને ભોજન માટે આપ; મારી ભૂખ અત્યંત વધી રહી છે।
Durvāsā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārāja (the king)
Scene: Durvāsā requests any ready cooked food; the king signals servants to bring steaming dishes; the scene conveys urgency and compassionate hospitality.
FAQs
Feeding a guest—especially a vow-observer at pāraṇa—is a direct, urgent form of dharma and a source of merit.
The verse contributes to tīrtha-centered ethics (how one behaves in sacred contexts); it does not name a particular site here.
Providing cooked food suitable for a vrata-holder’s pāraṇa; the stress is on immediacy and appropriateness.