Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
तथा विचित्र मासेषु संस्थितेषु नराधिप । खङ्गमांसं निरास्वादं कस्माद्यच्छसि केवलम्
tathā vicitra māseṣu saṃsthiteṣu narādhipa | khaṅgamāṃsaṃ nirāsvādaṃ kasmādyacchasi kevalam
കൂടാതെ, ഹേ നരാധിപാ! ഇങ്ങനെ ഉത്തമമായ മാസങ്ങൾ സമീപത്തിരിക്കെ, രുചിയില്ലാത്ത ഖങ്ഗമാംസം മാത്രം നീ എന്തുകൊണ്ട് നൽകുന്നു?
Brāhmaṇas addressing the king
Listener: King (narādhipa)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas look at a single platter of dark meat set apart from other dishes; their faces show surprise and disapproval; the king appears resolute, as if bound by a vow.
FAQs
Offerings should be fitting and respectful; ritual giving is judged by appropriateness, not merely by the act of giving.
The immediate verse is part of a tīrtha narrative frame, but it does not itself specify a named tīrtha.
It questions the suitability of offering meat (here, khaṅga-meat) as śrāddha food for brāhmaṇas.