Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47
भक्ष्यभोज्यैश्च विविधैः कामपानादिभिस्तथा । तृप्ता देवाश्च मुनयो भूतग्रामाश्चतुर्दश
bhakṣyabhojyaiśca vividhaiḥ kāmapānādibhistathā | tṛptā devāśca munayo bhūtagrāmāścaturdaśa
వివిధ భక్ష్యభోజ్యాలు, కోరిన పానీయాలు మొదలైనవాటితో దేవతలు, మునులు తృప్తి చెందారు; పద్నాలుగు భూతగణాలు కూడా సంతుష్టులయ్యాయి॥
Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Māhātmya context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A vast feast at the yajña: attendants distribute diverse foods and desired drinks; devas and munis sit in orderly rows; representatives of many beings—visible and subtle—appear pacified and content around the sacred enclosure.
FAQs
Dharma at a tīrtha includes generous provision—sacred rites are accompanied by nourishment that pleases gods, sages, and all orders of beings.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the yajña’s hospitality reaches a cosmic scale.
No formal injunction, but the verse implicitly praises the yajña-associated duty of feeding and offering abundantly.