Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41
खाद्यन्ते यत्र धान्यानि पक्वापक्वानि वेश्मनि । तद्वच्छाखाश्च तत्र त्वं भूतैः सह चरिष्यसि
khādyante yatra dhānyāni pakvāpakvāni veśmani | tadvacchākhāśca tatra tvaṃ bhūtaiḥ saha cariṣyasi
ज्या घरात शिजलेले व कच्चे धान्य अविवेकाने खाल्ले जाते, आणि जिथे फांद्या-शाखाही तशाच अस्ताव्यस्त पडलेल्या असतात—तिथे तू भूतांसह विचरण करशील.
Skanda (Kumāra) (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A disorderly dining area: cooked and uncooked grains being eaten without decorum; scattered twigs and branches on the floor; shadowy bhūtas moving alongside a wandering figure, indicating ‘roaming with bhūtas’.
FAQs
Food discipline and cleanliness are dharmic safeguards; careless consumption and disorder are portrayed as inviting negative forces.
Prabhāsakṣetra, as the broader māhātmya setting.
No explicit ritual; the implied rule is proper handling of food (annācāra) and household cleanliness.