Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 17
सेवते भर्त्तुरुच्छिष्टमिष्टमन्नं फलादिकम् । महाप्रसाद इत्युक्त्वा परिदत्तं प्रतीच्छति
sevate bhartturucchiṣṭamiṣṭamannaṃ phalādikam | mahāprasāda ityuktvā paridattaṃ pratīcchati
ती पतीचे उच्छिष्ट—आवडते अन्न, फळे इत्यादी—सेवन करते; आणि ‘हे महाप्रसाद आहे’ असे म्हणत दिलेले स्वीकारते.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Domestic scene: husband hands a small portion of food/fruit; wife receives with folded hands and serene smile, uttering ‘mahāprasāda’; a shrine lamp glows nearby, linking meal to worship.
FAQs
Cultivating humility and reverence—treating what is received in service as prasāda, a sanctified gift.
Kāśī’s dharma-ethos is the setting; the verse supports the mahatmya by teaching sanctified living within the holy city.
A vrata-like discipline of accepting and honoring what is given as ‘mahāprasāda’ (consecrated grace).