Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78
वयं बुभुक्षिताः सर्वे भोजनं दीयतां ध्रुवम् । भवद्भिर्विहिता यस्माद्याचयामो न चापरम्
vayaṃ bubhukṣitāḥ sarve bhojanaṃ dīyatāṃ dhruvam | bhavadbhirvihitā yasmādyācayāmo na cāparam
พวกเราทั้งหมดหิวโหย—ขอจงประทานอาหารแก่เราโดยแน่นอนเถิด เพราะพวกท่านเป็นผู้แต่งตั้งเราไว้ เราจึงวอนขอเพียงสิ่งนี้เท่านั้น มิได้ขออื่นใด
The newly emerged raudra beings (śrāddha-hāraka type beings) addressing the Viśvedevās
Tirtha: Gayā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (context continues)
Scene: The newly emerged beings, still fierce, speak in unison with outstretched hands, demanding food as their sole request, while the Viśvedevās listen with alarm.
FAQs
Unregulated appetite and entitlement are depicted as forces that divert sacred offerings—an allegory for guarding ritual purity.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions within a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative about śrāddha.
It indirectly concerns the protection and correct allocation of ritual food (naivedya/piṇḍa) in śrāddha.