Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
दंपती भोज येद्यस्तु पायसैः शर्करादिभिः । गौरीसहस्रभोज्यस्य दत्तस्य फलमाप्नुयात्
daṃpatī bhoja yedyastu pāyasaiḥ śarkarādibhiḥ | gaurīsahasrabhojyasya dattasya phalamāpnuyāt
ఎవడు పాయసం, శర్కర మొదలైన మధుర పదార్థాలతో దంపతులను భోజనమిచ్చునో, అతడు గౌరీకి సహస్ర-భోజ్యదానం చేసినంత పుణ్యఫలమును పొందును.
Unspecified in snippet (context likely a Purāṇic narrator continuing the Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Devamātā Sarasvatī / Gaurī context
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A devotee offers sweet rice and sugar-based dishes to a respectfully seated married couple, with the Devī shrine in the background; vessels, banana leaves/plates, and ritual cleanliness are emphasized; the act is framed as Gaurī-dedicated dāna.
FAQs
Simple hospitality and food-giving, when done devotionally, is magnified into great merit in a sacred kṣetra.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya this charitable act is praised.
Feeding (bhojana/annadāna) to a daṃpatī using pāyasa and sugar-based offerings, with the stated phala as equivalent to feeding a thousand in Gaurī’s honor.