Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
पितृदेवमनुष्येभ्यो दत्त्वाश्नात्यमृतं गृही । स्वार्थं पचन्नघं भुंक्ते केवलं स्वोदरंभरिः
pitṛdevamanuṣyebhyo dattvāśnātyamṛtaṃ gṛhī | svārthaṃ pacannaghaṃ bhuṃkte kevalaṃ svodaraṃbhariḥ
जो गृहस्थ प्रथम पितर, देव व मनुष्यांना अन्न अर्पण करून मग भोजन करतो, तो अमृतासमान भोग घेतो. पण जो केवळ स्वार्थासाठी शिजवतो, तो पापच खातो—फक्त पोटभरू ठरतो.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Kāśī householder serves portions of cooked food first to a pitṛ-śrāddha plate, then to a small deva-offering near a lamp, and then to a guest/poor person at the doorway; only afterward he eats calmly.
FAQs
Eating becomes purifying when preceded by offerings and sharing; selfish consumption turns food into sin.
The teaching is situated within Kāśī-khaṇḍa (Varanasi/Kashi), where daily dharma is praised as part of Kāśī’s sacred life.
Offer food first to Pitṛs, Devas, and people (charity/hospitality) before the householder eats.