Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 148
क्षीरमासीत्तदा तेषां तपो ब्रह्म च शाश्वतम् । पुनस्ततो देवगणैः पुरंदरपुरोगमैः
kṣīramāsīttadā teṣāṃ tapo brahma ca śāśvatam | punastato devagaṇaiḥ puraṃdarapurogamaiḥ
В то время для них плодом было молоко — вечные тапас и брахман (духовная сила и священное знание). Затем снова, после того, сонмы девов во главе с Пурандарой (Индрой)…
Sūta (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant, ascetic-vedic vision: streams of white ‘milk’ transform into glowing syllables and fiery tapas-flames; devas assemble in the sky, led by Purandara (Indra) with vajra, receiving the subtle essence as light entering their hearts.
FAQs
True nourishment can be spiritual: tapas and sacred wisdom are portrayed as sustaining essences.
Prabhāsakṣetra is the māhātmya setting in which these cosmic exemplars are narrated.
No explicit ritual; the verse elevates austerity and sacred knowledge as dharmic ‘food’ for higher beings.