विप्राणां भोजनं शक्त्या सर्वतीर्थेष्वयं विधिः । प्रायश्चित्तनिमित्तं च यो व्रजेद्यतमानसः
viprāṇāṃ bhojanaṃ śaktyā sarvatīrtheṣvayaṃ vidhiḥ | prāyaścittanimittaṃ ca yo vrajedyatamānasaḥ
ہر تیرتھ میں یہی طریقہ ہے کہ اپنی استطاعت کے مطابق برہمنوں کو کھانا کھلایا جائے۔ اور جو شخص پرایَشچت (کفّارہ) کی نیت سے ضبطِ نفس کے ساتھ یاترا کو نکلے، وہ اسی حکم کی پیروی کرتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced; Revā Khaṇḍa instructional discourse)
Tirtha: Sarva-tīrtha (general rule)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna) implied
Scene: Pilgrims at a tīrtha set up a simple feeding place: brāhmaṇas seated in a row receiving food; the donor offers with folded hands; in the background, a traveler with staff and waterpot walks with downcast, disciplined gaze.
Pilgrimage becomes purifying when joined with charity—especially feeding the worthy—done with a disciplined mind.
The rule is stated as universal for all tīrthas, within the Revā/Narmadā pilgrimage framework of the Skanda Purāṇa.
Brāhmaṇa-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas) according to one’s means, as part of prāyaścitta-oriented tīrtha-yātrā.