Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
यज्ञभूमौ कुलपते दीयतां भुज्यतामिति । विविधांश्च विनोदान्वै कुर्वाणेषु विनोदिषु
yajñabhūmau kulapate dīyatāṃ bhujyatāmiti | vividhāṃśca vinodānvai kurvāṇeṣu vinodiṣu
യജ്ഞഭൂമിയിൽ, ഹേ കുലപതേ, “ദാനം നൽകുക, ഭോജനം ചെയ്യുക!” എന്ന ഘോഷം ഉയർന്നു; ഉത്സവപ്രിയർ നാനാവിധ വിനോദക്രമങ്ങൾ ഒരുക്കിക്കൊണ്ടിരുന്നു।
Narrator (contextual; leading into Janamejaya’s inquiry)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Janamejaya
Scene: On the yajña-ground, heralds call for giving and feasting; lines of guests receive food; donors distribute gifts; performers arrange entertainments—music, dance, storytelling—amid an auspicious crowd.
FAQs
A yajña is upheld by dharmic generosity—dāna and hospitality are integral to sacred rites.
This verse sets the ritual scene; the broader context belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred landscape), but no single tīrtha is named here.
Distribution of gifts (dāna) and communal feasting/annadāna associated with the yajña.