Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
भोजनं तत्र दातव्यं दंपतीनां न संशयः । दिव्यैर्भक्ष्यैः सुमिष्टान्नैः सा तुष्यति ततः स्तुता
bhojanaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ daṃpatīnāṃ na saṃśayaḥ | divyairbhakṣyaiḥ sumiṣṭānnaiḥ sā tuṣyati tataḥ stutā
وہاں میاں بیوی کو بھوجن دان کرنا چاہیے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ جب عمدہ لذیذ نذرانے اور خوب تیار کیے ہوئے میٹھے پکوان پیش کیے جائیں تو وہ خوش ہوتی ہے، پھر اس کی حمد و ثنا بھجنوں سے کرنی چاہیے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kauraveśvarī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: In the temple courtyard, devotees serve sweet dishes and fine foods to married couples as part of Kauraveśvarī worship; afterward, they sing hymns before the goddess.
FAQs
Devotion is completed through generosity—feeding others as sacred service that pleases the deity.
Kauraveśvarī’s shrine/area within Prabhāsakṣetra where offerings and dāna are prescribed.
Annadāna: offering meals—especially fine foods and sweets—specifically to married couples, followed by stuti (praise).