Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13
भुक्तायां त्वयि रिक्तैषा पूर्णभक्ता भविप्यति । रसवद्व्यंजननिधिरिच्छाभक्ष्यप्रदायिनी
bhuktāyāṃ tvayi riktaiṣā pūrṇabhaktā bhavipyati | rasavadvyaṃjananidhiricchābhakṣyapradāyinī
‘لیکن جب تم کھا لو گی تو یہ خالی ہو جائے گا؛ اور جب یہ بھرا ہو گا تو عمدہ چاول اور لذیذ سالنوں کے خزانے سے بھر جائے گا—خواہش کے مطابق کھانا عطا کرنے والا۔’
Sūrya (contextual boon-speech; framed by Skanda’s narration)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two states of the bowl are shown: overflowing with rice and savory dishes when ‘full’, and empty after Draupadī eats—visualizing the moral boundary of the miracle.
FAQs
Divine gifts are structured to protect dharma: abundance is aligned with service, not indulgence.
Kāśī, where such dharma-centered boons are narrated as part of the city’s māhātmya.
A conditional observance tied to eating order and feeding others, governing the boon’s ‘akṣaya’ effect.