Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
दंपती भोज येद्यस्तु पायसैः शर्करादिभिः । गौरीसहस्रभोज्यस्य दत्तस्य फलमाप्नुयात्
daṃpatī bhoja yedyastu pāyasaiḥ śarkarādibhiḥ | gaurīsahasrabhojyasya dattasya phalamāpnuyāt
لیکن جو کوئی میاں بیوی کے جوڑے کو پائےس، شکر وغیرہ سے بھوجن کرائے، وہ گوری کے ہزار بھوجن دان کرنے کے برابر پُنّیہ پھل پاتا ہے۔
Unspecified in snippet (context likely a Purāṇic narrator continuing the Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Devamātā Sarasvatī / Gaurī context
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A devotee offers sweet rice and sugar-based dishes to a respectfully seated married couple, with the Devī shrine in the background; vessels, banana leaves/plates, and ritual cleanliness are emphasized; the act is framed as Gaurī-dedicated dāna.
FAQs
Simple hospitality and food-giving, when done devotionally, is magnified into great merit in a sacred kṣetra.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya this charitable act is praised.
Feeding (bhojana/annadāna) to a daṃpatī using pāyasa and sugar-based offerings, with the stated phala as equivalent to feeding a thousand in Gaurī’s honor.