Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
महानसेषु सिद्धांते संस्कृतेऽन्ने तु भामिनि । उत्तार्यमाणे कृमयो दृश्यंते च वरानने
mahānaseṣu siddhāṃte saṃskṛte'nne tu bhāmini | uttāryamāṇe kṛmayo dṛśyaṃte ca varānane
ಓ ಸುಂದರಿಯೇ! ಮಹಾ ಅಡುಗೆಮನೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅನ್ನವು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿ ಸಿದ್ಧಪಡಿಸಿದ ನಂತರ, ಓ ವರಾನನೇ, ಬಡಿಸುವಾಗ ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಳುಗಳು ಕಾಣಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು—ಅದು ಅಶುಭ ಸೂಚನೆ ಆಗಿತ್ತು.
Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; likely Sūta)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A large communal kitchen: steaming vessels, fully cooked food being ladled out; as it is served, worms appear, shocking attendants and guests—an omen of tainted sustenance.
FAQs
When dharma wanes, even daily nourishment becomes tainted—urging purification of conduct, speech, and offerings.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the narrative heightens the sanctity of place by contrasting it with the community’s ominous decline.
None explicitly; the verse indirectly stresses śauca (purity) in household and offerings.