Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20
उत्तमं च शुभं स्तोमं कृत्वा हर्षमुपाययुः । अवारितान्नमददन्दीनांधकृपणेष्वपि
uttamaṃ ca śubhaṃ stomaṃ kṛtvā harṣamupāyayuḥ | avāritānnamadadandīnāṃdhakṛpaṇeṣvapi
Setelah melantunkan stotra pujian yang utama dan suci, mereka mencapai sukacita besar. Mereka pun memberi dana makanan tanpa halangan—bahkan kepada yang miskin, yang buta, dan yang kikir sekalipun.
Narrator (exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A post-hymn communal feeding: devotees with folded hands after stotra, then servers distributing bowls of rice and sweets to a mixed crowd including the poor and blind; the atmosphere is orderly, generous, and joyful.
FAQs
The highest worship flowers as compassion—praise of the divine culminates in unrestricted feeding of those in need.
Dharmāraṇya is the contextual sacred landscape; the verse specifically glorifies annadāna as dharma.
Performing auspicious stotra/chanting and practicing open-handed annadāna without excluding marginalized recipients.