Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 105
एते पुत्राः समुत्पन्ना अस्मदश्रुभ्य एव च । तेषां तु भोजनं दत्तं क्षुधार्तानां मया विभो
ete putrāḥ samutpannā asmadaśrubhya eva ca | teṣāṃ tu bhojanaṃ dattaṃ kṣudhārtānāṃ mayā vibho
“یہ بیٹے حقیقتاً میرے ہی آنسوؤں سے پیدا ہوئے ہیں؛ اور اے پروردگار، جب وہ بھوک سے بے قرار تھے تو میں نے انہیں کھانا عطا کیا تھا۔”
Unspecified in snippet (context: a petitioner addressing a higher deity/authority, likely in a Brahmā-centered episode within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brahmā (Padmaja)
Scene: A divine being (or collective deity) presents a plea: from falling tears arise childlike beings; the speaker feeds them as they suffer hunger; the scene is tender yet set within a cosmic court.
FAQs
Compassion expressed as feeding the hungry is upheld as a dharmic act, even within mythic origin narratives.
The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework, but this particular line does not name a specific tīrtha.
It highlights anna-dāna (offering food) to those suffering hunger.