तत्र यो भोजयेद्विप्रान्यतिनोथ तपस्विनः । सिक्थे सिक्थे लभेत्सोथ वाजपेयफलं स्फुटम्
tatra yo bhojayedviprānyatinotha tapasvinaḥ | sikthe sikthe labhetsotha vājapeyaphalaṃ sphuṭam
Tại đó, ai cúng dường ẩm thực cho các brāhmaṇa, yati hay người tu khổ hạnh—mỗi miếng mỗi phần—ắt nhận quả báo hiển nhiên của tế lễ Vājapeya.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Dharmapīṭha (in Dharmatīrtha complex)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (Kumbhaja)
Scene: A long line of brāhmaṇas, yatis, and tapasvins seated on the ghāṭa; a donor serves food. Each morsel glows symbolically as a Vājapeya offering, with sacred fire imagery faintly superimposed.
Service through feeding the worthy (annadāna) is elevated in Kāśī, equated with great Vedic-sacrificial merit.
Dharmapīṭha/Dharmatīrtha region in Kāśī where offerings and hospitality multiply in merit.
Bhojana/annadāna to vipras, yatīs, and tapasvins; each morsel is said to yield Vājapeya-yajña fruit.