Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
हिरण्याक्ष उवाच । भूताः प्रेताः पिशाचाश्च राक्षसा दैत्यदानवाः । बुभुक्षिताः प्रयाचंते मां नित्यं पद्मसंभव
hiraṇyākṣa uvāca | bhūtāḥ pretāḥ piśācāśca rākṣasā daityadānavāḥ | bubhukṣitāḥ prayācaṃte māṃ nityaṃ padmasaṃbhava
ហិរ៉ណ្យាក្សៈ បានមានពាក្យថា៖ ឱ ព្រះបដ្មសಂಭវ (ព្រះព្រហ្មា) សត្វមានជីវិត—ភូត ព្រេត ពិសាច រाक्षស ដៃត្យ និង ដានវ—ដែលឃ្លានជានិច្ច តែងមកសុំខ្ញុំរាល់ថ្ងៃ។
Hiraṇyākṣa
Listener: Brahmā (Padmasaṃbhava)
Scene: Hiraṇyākṣa addressing Brahmā: behind him a shadowy host of bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, rākṣasas—gaunt, hungry, imploring—forming a dark procession.
FAQs
The Purāṇic worldview links hunger and unrest of certain beings to ritual order and cosmic nourishment through dharmic acts.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None directly; it sets up the need for a special provision of ‘satisfaction’ (tṛpti) for hungry beings.
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