Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
एतानि वर्जयेन्नक्ते ह्यन्नानि सुरसुन्दरि । निष्पावा आढकी मुद्गा माषाश्चैव कुलित्थकाः
etāni varjayennakte hyannāni surasundari | niṣpāvā āḍhakī mudgā māṣāścaiva kulitthakāḥ
அழகிய தேவியே, நக்த விரதத்தில் மாலை உணவில் இத்தானியங்களைத் தவிர்க்க வேண்டும்—நிஷ்பாவம், ஆடகி, முத்கம் (பாசிப்பயறு), மாஷம் (உளுந்து), குலித்தம்.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (vrata-niyama context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as surasundarī)
Scene: Śiva instructs Devī on nakta dietary avoidances: specific beans and pulses are set aside; a devotee’s simple evening meal is prepared without these items, indicating vrata discipline.
FAQs
Vows are supported by self-restraint; food discipline is treated as part of ritual purity and focus.
The rules belong to the Prabhāsakṣetra vow-context described in this Māhātmya.
During nakta (restricted evening eating), avoid specified legumes/grains such as niṣpāva, āḍhakī, mudga, māṣa, and kulittha.