Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43
अथ ते ब्राह्मणा मत्वा समुद्रं श्रद्धयान्वितम् । बाढमित्येव तं प्रोच्य बुभुजुः स्वर्णभाजने
atha te brāhmaṇā matvā samudraṃ śraddhayānvitam | bāḍhamityeva taṃ procya bubhujuḥ svarṇabhājane
ಅಂದು ಆ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರು ಸಮುದ್ರವನ್ನು ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾಸಂಪನ್ನನೆಂದು ಭಾವಿಸಿ “ಬಾಢಮ್—ತಥಾಸ್ತು” ಎಂದು ಉತ್ತರಿಸಿ, ಸ್ವರ್ಣಪಾತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಭೋಜನ ಮಾಡಿದರು।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: On the Prabhāsa seashore, brāhmaṇas seated in orderly rows accept a meal served in gleaming golden vessels; the ocean is personified as a reverent host, the atmosphere both auspicious and subtly uncanny.
FAQs
Faith (śraddhā) and trust shape social dharma, yet discernment is also required when purity is at stake.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra; the narrative occurs within its Māhātmya framework.
Feeding brāhmaṇas (bhojana) is implied as a meritorious act, though the story problematizes it through deception.