Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20
उत्तमं च शुभं स्तोमं कृत्वा हर्षमुपाययुः । अवारितान्नमददन्दीनांधकृपणेष्वपि
uttamaṃ ca śubhaṃ stomaṃ kṛtvā harṣamupāyayuḥ | avāritānnamadadandīnāṃdhakṛpaṇeṣvapi
உத்தமமும் மங்களமுமான ஸ்தோத்திரத்தைச் செய்து அவர்கள் பேரானந்தம் அடைந்தனர். அவர்கள் தடையின்றி அன்னதானம் செய்தனர்—ஏழை, குருடர், கஞ்சர் ஆகியோருக்கும் கூட।
Narrator (exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Scene: A post-hymn communal feeding: devotees with folded hands after stotra, then servers distributing bowls of rice and sweets to a mixed crowd including the poor and blind; the atmosphere is orderly, generous, and joyful.
FAQs
The highest worship flowers as compassion—praise of the divine culminates in unrestricted feeding of those in need.
Dharmāraṇya is the contextual sacred landscape; the verse specifically glorifies annadāna as dharma.
Performing auspicious stotra/chanting and practicing open-handed annadāna without excluding marginalized recipients.