Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
ताभिर्धिनोत्ययं लोकं प्रजाश्चैव चतुर्विधाः । ओषध्यः फलपाकांताः कणाः सप्तदश स्मृताः
tābhirdhinotyayaṃ lokaṃ prajāścaiva caturvidhāḥ | oṣadhyaḥ phalapākāṃtāḥ kaṇāḥ saptadaśa smṛtāḥ
Por elas este mundo é sustentado, e também os seres de quatro espécies. Estas plantas cultivadas, que amadurecem até o fruto e a colheita, são lembradas como ‘grãos’ de dezessete variedades.
Likely Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic scene in a sacred coastal kṣetra: sages enumerate grains as embodiments of sustenance; baskets of rice, barley, wheat, millets, sesame and pulses arranged before a yajña-vedi, with Somnath/Prabhāsa aura in the background.
FAQs
Food and fertility are sacred supports of dharma; the world’s continuity is tied to divinely-originating nourishment.
Prabhāsakṣetra, by presenting its Māhātmya as a source-text for cosmic nourishment linked to Soma’s grace.
No direct ritual; the verse sets up a catalog useful for yajña/household dharma discussions around grains.