Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 99
मिष्टान्नं यच्छते यश्च नारीणां च विशेषतः । तस्या दक्षिणमूर्तौ च भर्त्राढ्यानां द्विजोत्तमाः । स च सिक्थप्रमाणानि युगा नि दिवि मोदते
miṣṭānnaṃ yacchate yaśca nārīṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | tasyā dakṣiṇamūrtau ca bhartrāḍhyānāṃ dvijottamāḥ | sa ca sikthapramāṇāni yugā ni divi modate
และผู้ใดถวายทานอาหารหวาน—โดยเฉพาะแก่สตรี—ต่อหน้าปางทิศใต้ของนาง โอ้ทวิชผู้ประเสริฐ ผู้นั้นก็ย่อมเสวยสุขในสวรรค์เป็นยุกต์ตามประมาณ ‘สิกถะ’ แห่งทานนั้น
Skanda (deduced; addressing dvijas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the southern side of a shrine/precinct, a donor distributes sweet rice and confections to women; the shrine’s southern gateway is marked, and celestial measures (siktha) appear as symbolic scales indicating yuga-long reward.
FAQs
Hospitality and charity—especially respectful giving to women—are upheld as potent dharma, yielding exalted heavenly reward.
The verse continues the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya praise connected with Sāvitrī and the locale where her worship is performed.
Miṣṭānna-dāna (donation of sweet food), particularly to women (including married women), performed at the devī’s southern aspect.