Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 120
एकं संभोज्य विधिवद्ब्राह्मणं यत्फलं लभेत् । प्राणायामैर्द्वादशभिस्तत्फलं श्रद्धयाप्यते
ekaṃ saṃbhojya vidhivadbrāhmaṇaṃ yatphalaṃ labhet | prāṇāyāmairdvādaśabhistatphalaṃ śraddhayāpyate
വിധിപൂർവ്വം ഒരു ബ്രാഹ്മണനെ ഭോജനിപ്പിച്ചാൽ ലഭിക്കുന്ന പുണ്യഫലം, അതേ ഫലം ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ചെയ്ത പന്ത്രണ്ട് പ്രാണായാമങ്ങളാലും ലഭിക്കുന്നു।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī nitya-sādhana (prāṇāyāma as dharma-sādhana)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A practitioner sits in padmāsana on a ghāṭa platform, eyes half-closed, counting breaths with fingers or mālā; in the background, a brāhmaṇa is respectfully offered food—shown as a symbolic equivalence.
FAQs
Inner discipline (prāṇāyāma) can equal outward charity in merit when performed with śraddhā and proper intention.
The statement occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered dharma teaching, without naming a specific tīrtha.
Perform twelve prāṇāyāmas with faith; it is compared in fruit to feeding one brāhmaṇa according to rule.