Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
तथा विचित्र मासेषु संस्थितेषु नराधिप । खङ्गमांसं निरास्वादं कस्माद्यच्छसि केवलम्
tathā vicitra māseṣu saṃsthiteṣu narādhipa | khaṅgamāṃsaṃ nirāsvādaṃ kasmādyacchasi kevalam
اور مزید یہ کہ، اے انسانوں کے حاکم، جب بہت سے عمدہ گوشت موجود ہیں تو آپ صرف بے ذائقہ خَنگا کا گوشت ہی کیوں پیش کرتے ہیں؟
Brāhmaṇas addressing the king
Listener: King (narādhipa)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas look at a single platter of dark meat set apart from other dishes; their faces show surprise and disapproval; the king appears resolute, as if bound by a vow.
FAQs
Offerings should be fitting and respectful; ritual giving is judged by appropriateness, not merely by the act of giving.
The immediate verse is part of a tīrtha narrative frame, but it does not itself specify a named tīrtha.
It questions the suitability of offering meat (here, khaṅga-meat) as śrāddha food for brāhmaṇas.