Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
तस्माद्यत्किञ्चिदन्नं ते सिद्धमस्ति गृहे नृप । तद्देहि भोजनार्थं मे बुभुक्षातीव वर्धते
tasmādyatkiñcidannaṃ te siddhamasti gṛhe nṛpa | taddehi bhojanārthaṃ me bubhukṣātīva vardhate
“پس اے راجن، تمہارے گھر میں جو بھی پکا ہوا کھانا تیار ہو، وہ مجھے کھانے کے لیے دے دو؛ کیونکہ میری بھوک نہایت شدت سے بڑھ رہی ہے۔”
Durvāsā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārāja (the king)
Scene: Durvāsā requests any ready cooked food; the king signals servants to bring steaming dishes; the scene conveys urgency and compassionate hospitality.
FAQs
Feeding a guest—especially a vow-observer at pāraṇa—is a direct, urgent form of dharma and a source of merit.
The verse contributes to tīrtha-centered ethics (how one behaves in sacred contexts); it does not name a particular site here.
Providing cooked food suitable for a vrata-holder’s pāraṇa; the stress is on immediacy and appropriateness.