Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
एवं स ब्राह्मणान्देवि भोजयित्वा पुनःपुनः । विनिर्भिद्योदरं तेषामेवं हंति द्विजान्बहून्
evaṃ sa brāhmaṇāndevi bhojayitvā punaḥpunaḥ | vinirbhidyodaraṃ teṣāmevaṃ haṃti dvijānbahūn
یوں، اے دیوی، وہ بار بار برہمنوں کو کھانا کھلا کر ان کے پیٹ چاک کر دیتا؛ اسی طریقے سے وہ بہت سے دوجوں کو قتل کرتا تھا۔
Narrator addressing Devī (listener implied by 'devi')
Tirtha: प्रभासक्षेत्र
Type: kshetra
Listener: देवी
Scene: A montage-like depiction: repeated feasts turning into repeated killings—brāhmaṇas seated in a line, Ilvala hosting, Vātāpi’s emergence implied as a recurring horror; the Goddess addressed as witness.
FAQs
Repeated misuse of sacred hospitality becomes a pattern of grave sin; dharma demands protection of brāhmaṇas and condemnation of such cruelty.
The episode is part of Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, where the tīrtha’s greatness is conveyed through the moral dramas associated with it.
Vipra-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas) is referenced; the implied prescription is that it must be performed as dharma, not as a cover for हिंसा.