Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
क्षुत्कामकंठास्तृषितान्गौरी मत्वा तपोधनान् । आदाय गोरसं तेषां कारुण्यात्सा पुरः स्थिता
kṣutkāmakaṃṭhāstṛṣitāngaurī matvā tapodhanān | ādāya gorasaṃ teṣāṃ kāruṇyātsā puraḥ sthitā
ತಪಸ್ಸೇ ಧನವಾದ ಆ ಮುನಿಗಳನ್ನು ಹಸಿವು-ಬಾಯಾರಿಕೆಯವರಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿದು, ಕರುಣೆಯಿಂದ ಗೌರೀ ಅವರಿಗಾಗಿ ಗೋರಸ (ಹಾಲು) ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಅವರ ಮುಂದೆ ನಿಂತಳು।
Narrator (contextual purāṇic narration)
Scene: Gaurī approaches a group of emaciated, radiant sages in a forested Prabhāsa landscape, holding a vessel of fresh milk; her face shows tender concern, while the sages sit in tapas-posture with matted hair and deer-skins.
FAQs
The tīrtha-path is upheld by compassion—divine and human—toward weary pilgrims and ascetics.
The episode unfolds on the Prabhāsakṣetra pilgrimage route connected to Kubera’s Āśrama.
Implied dharma of hospitality/charitable nourishment (anna-pāna-sevā), here symbolized by offering milk.
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