Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8
भिक्षान्नं विविधं श्लक्ष्णं सोपचारं च शक्तितः । प्रदत्तं भिक्षितं तेन देवदेवेन शूलिना
bhikṣānnaṃ vividhaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ sopacāraṃ ca śaktitaḥ | pradattaṃ bhikṣitaṃ tena devadevena śūlinā
അവർ തങ്ങളുടെ ശേഷിയനുസരിച്ച് വിവിധമായ മൃദുവായ അന്നഭിക്ഷയും യഥോചിത ഉപചാരങ്ങളോടുകൂടി അർപ്പിച്ചു; ദേവദേവനായ ശൂലധാരി പ്രഭു അത് സ്വീകരിച്ച് ഭുജിച്ചു।
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) describing Śiva’s bhikṣā-līlā
Tirtha: दारुवन-तीर्थ
Type: kshetra
Scene: भिक्षुरूपः शूलिन् (त्रिशूल-चिह्न/शूल-आभास) स्त्रीभिः प्रदत्तं विविधं श्लक्ष्णं अन्नं सोपचारं गृह्णाति, भुञ्जानः; स्त्रियः नम्रतया उपतिष्ठन्ते; दिव्य-तेजः सूक्ष्मं प्रकटते
FAQs
Service to a guest and giving within one’s means becomes sacred when offered with reverence—especially when the divine tests devotion through humility.
Kedāra/Kedāranātha region, as framed by Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred-geography praise.
Offering bhikṣānna with upacāra—food alms accompanied by respectful hospitality.