Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
भोजनं तत्र दातव्यं दंपतीनां न संशयः । दिव्यैर्भक्ष्यैः सुमिष्टान्नैः सा तुष्यति ततः स्तुता
bhojanaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ daṃpatīnāṃ na saṃśayaḥ | divyairbhakṣyaiḥ sumiṣṭānnaiḥ sā tuṣyati tataḥ stutā
នៅទីនោះ ត្រូវបរិច្ចាគអាហារដល់គូប្តីប្រពន្ធ ដោយមិនមានសង្ស័យឡើយ។ ពេលបានបូជាអាហារទិព្វ ឆ្ងាញ់ល្អ និងបង្អែមផ្អែមឆ្ងាញ់ នាងពេញព្រះហឫទ័យ ហើយបន្ទាប់មកគួរត្រូវសរសើរដោយបទស្តូត្រ។
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kauraveśvarī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: In the temple courtyard, devotees serve sweet dishes and fine foods to married couples as part of Kauraveśvarī worship; afterward, they sing hymns before the goddess.
FAQs
Devotion is completed through generosity—feeding others as sacred service that pleases the deity.
Kauraveśvarī’s shrine/area within Prabhāsakṣetra where offerings and dāna are prescribed.
Annadāna: offering meals—especially fine foods and sweets—specifically to married couples, followed by stuti (praise).