Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 18
स्वयं पाकाग्रभोजी यो गलरोगमवाप्नुयात् । पंचयज्ञानकृत्वैव भुञ्जानो ग्रामशूकरः
svayaṃ pākāgrabhojī yo galarogamavāpnuyāt | paṃcayajñānakṛtvaiva bhuñjāno grāmaśūkaraḥ
ਜੋ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਪਕਵਾਨ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਖਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਗਲੇ ਦੇ ਰੋਗ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਪੰਜ ਨਿੱਤ ਯਜਨਾਂ ਬਿਨਾ ਹੀ ਭੋਜਨ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਪਿੰਡ ਦੇ ਸੂਰ ਵਰਗਾ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A household kitchen: a man hastily tasting food from the pot while elders, guests, and family wait; beside him, a small altar with neglected offerings; the moral consequence hinted by a shadowy pig-form motif in the background.
FAQs
Food is sacred and tied to duty; self-centered eating and neglect of daily offerings reduce one’s human dignity and invite suffering.
No specific tīrtha is praised; the focus is household dharma (pañca-mahāyajña).
Performance of the pañca-yajñas (pañca-mahāyajñas) before eating is implied as the proper discipline.
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