Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52
अज्ञात्वा यः शिवं भुक्ते कथ्यते सोऽत्र ब्रह्महा । मार्ष्टि च ब्रह्महान्नादे तस्मात्तस्य न भक्षयेत्
ajñātvā yaḥ śivaṃ bhukte kathyate so'tra brahmahā | mārṣṭi ca brahmahānnāde tasmāttasya na bhakṣayet
جو شخص کھانے میں موجود شِو کو پہچانے بغیر کھاتا ہے، یہاں وہ ‘برہمن کا قاتل’ کہلاتا ہے۔ اور برہمن کے قاتل کے کھانے کو کھانے والا بھی آلودہ ہو جاتا ہے؛ اس لیے اس کا کھانا نہ کھایا جائے۔
Unspecified (context suggests a Purāṇic narrator in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)
Scene: A didactic scene: a Śaiva teacher warns a pilgrim/householder about eating with Śiva-awareness; symbolic vision of Śiva subtly present within the offered food, while a shadowy ‘brahmahatyā’ stain clings to impure fare.
FAQs
Seeing Śiva in all and maintaining purity in association—especially through food—is framed as a serious dharmic duty.
No specific sacred site is mentioned in this verse.
Do not eat food that is considered morally contaminating (here, food linked with grave sin).