Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
सा चतुर्वक्त्रमालोक्य हंसयानोपरिस्थितम् । प्रणम्य प्रांजलिः प्रीता प्रोवाचाथ प्रजापतिम्
sā caturvaktramālokya haṃsayānoparisthitam | praṇamya prāṃjaliḥ prītā provācātha prajāpatim
তাই চতুৰ্মুখ প্ৰভুক হংস-বাহনত উপবিষ্ট দেখা পাই। সি প্ৰণাম কৰি, দুহাত জোৰি আনন্দিত মনে তেতিয়া প্ৰজাপতি (ব্ৰহ্মা)ক সম্বোধন কৰিলে।
Skanda (narrating)
Tirtha: Dhūtapāpā (tīrtha/personified purifier within Kāśī narrative)
Type: ghat
Scene: A radiant four-faced Brahmā seated on a white haṃsa, haloed, holding kamaṇḍalu and akṣamālā; before him stands a youthful maiden (Dhūtapāpā), hands joined, head bowed, eyes uplifted in devotion; a subtle Kāśī riverside ambience in the background.
FAQs
After spiritual effort, one should meet divine grace with humility, reverence, and prayerful composure.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame is the locus of sanctity; this verse depicts divine darśana rather than a particular tīrtha.
The devotional gesture of praṇāma and prāñjali (joined palms) is exemplified.