Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34
तथा खाद्यानि लेह्यानि चोष्याणि च विशेषतः । पिता तव कथं सोऽद्य कषायाणि कटूनि च । भक्षयिष्यति दत्तानि स्वहस्तेन मया विभो
tathā khādyāni lehyāni coṣyāṇi ca viśeṣataḥ | pitā tava kathaṃ so'dya kaṣāyāṇi kaṭūni ca | bhakṣayiṣyati dattāni svahastena mayā vibho
அதேபோல் பலவகை உணவுகள்—மெல்லவேண்டியவை, நக்கவேண்டியவை, சப்பவேண்டியவை—சிறப்பாக. ஓ பிரபுவே, இன்று உங்கள் தந்தை என் கையால் அளிக்கப்பட்ட கஷாய (கசப்பு/கசப்பு-சுவை) மற்றும் கடு (காரம்) பொருட்களை எவ்வாறு உண்ணுவார்?
Unspecified female speaker within the narrative (context suggests Sītā speaking to Rāma)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A domestic forest/pilgrimage camp scene: a devoted woman offers assorted foods (chewable, lickable, suckable) with worried expression, questioning how an elder (Rāma’s father) could eat pungent/astringent items offered by her own hand.
FAQs
Reverence toward elders and carefulness in service (seva) are dharmic virtues, heightened in a tīrtha setting where spiritual realities are near.
The verse occurs within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but the named tīrtha is not present in the provided lines.
No formal rite is prescribed; it references the giving of food by one’s own hand as an act of service.
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