Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 93
मनुष्यदत्तं सकलं भुज्यते स्वेच्छयाधमैः । शीघ्रमेतानि त्वं तस्मान्मर्यादायामुपानय
manuṣyadattaṃ sakalaṃ bhujyate svecchayādhamaiḥ | śīghrametāni tvaṃ tasmānmaryādāyāmupānaya
"Ang lahat ng inaalay ng mga tao ay kinakain nang kusa ng mga masasamang nilalang na ito. Kaya naman, ibalik mo sila agad sa tamang hangganan."
Skanda
Scene: A commanding address urging immediate restoration of maryādā: offerings of humans being seized by vile beings; the speaker points toward the boundary line of order to be re-established.
FAQs
Religious offerings and human dharmic acts are to be protected; divine authority restores order when boundaries are violated.
No specific site is named; the emphasis is on maintaining dharmic order around offerings.
Implicitly references “manuṣyadatta” (offerings given by humans), but no explicit ritual procedure is prescribed.