Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
हिरण्याक्ष उवाच । भूताः प्रेताः पिशाचाश्च राक्षसा दैत्यदानवाः । बुभुक्षिताः प्रयाचंते मां नित्यं पद्मसंभव
hiraṇyākṣa uvāca | bhūtāḥ pretāḥ piśācāśca rākṣasā daityadānavāḥ | bubhukṣitāḥ prayācaṃte māṃ nityaṃ padmasaṃbhava
ഹിരണ്യാക്ഷൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ പദ്മസംഭവാ (ബ്രഹ്മാ), ഭൂതങ്ങൾ, പ്രേതങ്ങൾ, പിശാചുകൾ, രാക്ഷസർ, ദൈത്യ-ദാനവർ—ഇവർ എല്ലാം വിശപ്പോടെ നിത്യം ദിനംപ്രതി എന്നോടു യാചിക്കുന്നു.
Hiraṇyākṣa
Listener: Brahmā (Padmasaṃbhava)
Scene: Hiraṇyākṣa addressing Brahmā: behind him a shadowy host of bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, rākṣasas—gaunt, hungry, imploring—forming a dark procession.
FAQs
The Purāṇic worldview links hunger and unrest of certain beings to ritual order and cosmic nourishment through dharmic acts.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None directly; it sets up the need for a special provision of ‘satisfaction’ (tṛpti) for hungry beings.