Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 26
प्रणमत्सुकुमारेषु व्रीडितोयं मयैकदा । इदानीमपि नो यायामस्य वाक्यान्महामुनेः
praṇamatsukumāreṣu vrīḍitoyaṃ mayaikadā | idānīmapi no yāyāmasya vākyānmahāmuneḥ
«لقد أخجلني مرةً أمام الرقيقين اللطاف حين انحنيتُ ساجدًا؛ وحتى الآن لا ينبغي لي أن أمتنع عن الذهاب امتثالًا لكلام ذلك المُنيّ العظيم.»
Narrator (reporting Sāmba’s inner thought)
Scene: Sāmba recalls an earlier moment of public embarrassment while bowing among delicate ladies; now he steels himself, head slightly bowed, to obey the great sage’s words.
FAQs
Personal discomfort should not override dharmic respect; obedience to a great sage’s word is upheld as right conduct.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains part of the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative arc.
None; it underscores etiquette—bowing, humility, and honoring a muni’s instruction.