Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
दृष्ट्वा तु तां महाभागां कपिलां कुण्डमध्यगाम् । ब्रह्मा लोकगुरुस्तात प्रणम्येदमुवाच ह
dṛṣṭvā tu tāṃ mahābhāgāṃ kapilāṃ kuṇḍamadhyagām | brahmā lokagurustāta praṇamyedamuvāca ha
فلما رأى كابيلا العظيمة الحظ قائمةً في وسط الكُنْدَة، انحنى براهما—معلّم العوالم—ساجدًا ثم قال هذه الكلمات.
Mārkaṇḍeya (narrating)
Tirtha: Kapilā-kuṇḍa
Type: kund
Scene: Brahmā, radiant and four-faced, beholds Kapilā Devī standing within the waters at the center of a sacred kuṇḍa; he bows with folded hands as the stuti begins.
FAQs
Even the highest cosmic authority models humility and reverence before the divine, establishing praṇāma as the proper response to sacred manifestation.
Kapilā-tīrtha’s sanctity is reinforced by Brahmā’s direct encounter with Kapilā at the kuṇḍa.
Praṇāma (bowing/obeisance) is demonstrated as the devotional act performed upon beholding the divine.