Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95
पक्वान्नैर्भो जयेद्विप्रान्यतिनोपि तपस्विनः । लड्डुकैः फेणिकाभिश्च वटकेंडरिकादिभिः
pakvānnairbho jayedviprānyatinopi tapasvinaḥ | laḍḍukaiḥ pheṇikābhiśca vaṭakeṃḍarikādibhiḥ
Sa pag-aalay ng lutong pagkain, parangalan at pasayahin ang mga brāhmaṇa, gayundin ang mga ascetic at iba pang tapasvin—sa pamamagitan ng mga handog na tulad ng laddu, matatamis na pheṇikā, at vaṭaka, eṇḍarikā at mga kahalintulad.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue framework)
Tirtha: Kāśī dāna during Māgha observance
Type: kshetra
Scene: A donor at a Kāśī ghat distributes cooked rice and sweets to seated brāhmaṇas and saffron-robed yatis; leaf-plates, brass vessels, and orderly lines; winter morning light.
FAQs
Hospitality and food-giving (annadāna) to the worthy is a direct path to puṇya, especially during sacred months.
Kāśī is the implied sacred landscape; the verse fits the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s celebration of merit-producing acts in Vārāṇasī.
Offer cooked foods and traditional sweets to brāhmaṇas, ascetics, and tapasvins as an act of dāna.