Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
परान्नेन तु भुक्तेन मिथुनं योऽधिगच्छति । यस्यान्नं तस्य ते पुत्रा अन्नाच्छुक्रं प्रवर्तते
parānnena tu bhuktena mithunaṃ yo'dhigacchati | yasyānnaṃ tasya te putrā annācchukraṃ pravartate
Aquele que, após comer o alimento de outrem, se entrega à união sexual, diz-se que seus filhos pertencem ao doador desse alimento; pois do alimento se põe em movimento a semente geradora (śukra).
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa receives a meal from a host; behind them, a symbolic depiction shows food transforming into generative essence (śukra) as a subtle white stream, while a dharma-figure gestures restraint before intimacy.
FAQs
Food is not merely physical; it shapes vitality and lineage—hence one must be discerning about whose food one accepts.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the Māhātmya frames even daily acts like eating as part of sacred discipline.
A restraint is implied: avoid intimate relations after consuming parānna, emphasizing the dharmic weight of food-acceptance.