Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
स्थाल्यैतया महाभागे यावंतोऽन्नार्थिनो जनाः । तावंतस्तृप्तिमाप्स्यंति यावच्च त्वं न भोक्ष्यसे
sthālyaitayā mahābhāge yāvaṃto'nnārthino janāḥ | tāvaṃtastṛptimāpsyaṃti yāvacca tvaṃ na bhokṣyase
‘اے نیک بخت بانو! اس پیالے کے وسیلے سے جتنے لوگ اناج مانگنے آئیں گے، اتنے ہی سیر ہو جائیں گے—جب تک تم خود کھانا نہ کھا لو۔’
Sūrya (contextual boon-speech; framed by Skanda’s narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The divine voice/figure indicates the bowl’s rule: crowds of hungry seekers approach; the bowl remains full while Draupadī has not eaten, symbolizing service before self.
FAQs
Hospitality and feeding the hungry come first; self-restraint turns food into dharma and merit.
Kāśī is the sacred milieu where such dharmic boons and their rules are proclaimed.
A vrata-like rule: the vessel feeds all seekers until the recipient herself eats.