Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
अविभज्य न चाश्नीयाद्देवपित्रतिथिष्वपि । परिचारकवर्गेषु गोषु भिक्षुकुलेषु च
avibhajya na cāśnīyāddevapitratithiṣvapi | paricārakavargeṣu goṣu bhikṣukuleṣu ca
وہ تقسیم کیے بغیر نہ کھائے؛ دیوتاؤں، پِتروں اور مہمانوں کے لیے بھی پہلے حصہ نکالے۔ خادموں، گایوں اور فقیر خاندانوں میں بھی بانٹے۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A meal distribution tableau: offerings placed at a small shrine, a guest seated respectfully, servants and children receiving portions, a cow being fed, and a mendicant family at the gate receiving alms—household as a hub of dharma.
FAQs
Food is a trust—one should nourish others first (gods, ancestors, guests, dependents), embodying generosity and duty.
The teaching belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s sacred-living framework; it reinforces Kāśī’s reputation as a city of dharma and hospitality.
Distribution prior to eating: offerings/allocations connected with deva and pitṛ duties, and feeding atithis, cows, servants, and mendicants.