Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
दंपती भोज येद्यस्तु पायसैः शर्करादिभिः । गौरीसहस्रभोज्यस्य दत्तस्य फलमाप्नुयात्
daṃpatī bhoja yedyastu pāyasaiḥ śarkarādibhiḥ | gaurīsahasrabhojyasya dattasya phalamāpnuyāt
しかし、甘い乳粥や砂糖などをもって夫婦を供養し施食する者は、ガウリーの信徒千人に饗応を捧げたのと等しい功徳を得る。
Unspecified in snippet (context likely a Purāṇic narrator continuing the Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Devamātā Sarasvatī / Gaurī context
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A devotee offers sweet rice and sugar-based dishes to a respectfully seated married couple, with the Devī shrine in the background; vessels, banana leaves/plates, and ritual cleanliness are emphasized; the act is framed as Gaurī-dedicated dāna.
FAQs
Simple hospitality and food-giving, when done devotionally, is magnified into great merit in a sacred kṣetra.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya this charitable act is praised.
Feeding (bhojana/annadāna) to a daṃpatī using pāyasa and sugar-based offerings, with the stated phala as equivalent to feeding a thousand in Gaurī’s honor.