Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
ताभिर्धिनोत्ययं लोकं प्रजाश्चैव चतुर्विधाः । ओषध्यः फलपाकांताः कणाः सप्तदश स्मृताः
tābhirdhinotyayaṃ lokaṃ prajāścaiva caturvidhāḥ | oṣadhyaḥ phalapākāṃtāḥ kaṇāḥ saptadaśa smṛtāḥ
انہی کے سہارے یہ جہان قائم ہے اور چار قسم کی مخلوقات بھی۔ یہ کاشت کی ہوئی نباتات، جو پھل اور فصل کی پختگی تک پہنچتی ہیں، ‘اناج’ کی سترہ قسمیں کہی اور یاد کی گئی ہیں۔
Likely Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic scene in a sacred coastal kṣetra: sages enumerate grains as embodiments of sustenance; baskets of rice, barley, wheat, millets, sesame and pulses arranged before a yajña-vedi, with Somnath/Prabhāsa aura in the background.
FAQs
Food and fertility are sacred supports of dharma; the world’s continuity is tied to divinely-originating nourishment.
Prabhāsakṣetra, by presenting its Māhātmya as a source-text for cosmic nourishment linked to Soma’s grace.
No direct ritual; the verse sets up a catalog useful for yajña/household dharma discussions around grains.