Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
मार्कंडेय उवाच । अत्राऽद्य मुनयः प्राप्ता मया ते चाभिवादिताः । क्रमेण विनयात्तात स्मरमाणेन ते वचः
mārkaṃḍeya uvāca | atrā'dya munayaḥ prāptā mayā te cābhivāditāḥ | krameṇa vinayāttāta smaramāṇena te vacaḥ
মাৰ্কণ্ডেয় ক’লে: আজি ইয়াত মুনিসকল আহিল, আৰু মই ক্ৰমে ক্ৰমে বিনয়েৰে তেওঁলোকক প্ৰণাম জনালোঁ। হে পিতা, তোমাৰ বাক্য স্মৰণ কৰি মই নম্ৰভাৱে অভিবাদন কৰিলোঁ।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: his father (addressed as 'tāta')
Scene: A youthful ascetic Mārkaṇḍeya stands at a forested tīrtha-āśrama, greeting newly arrived sages in orderly sequence, hands folded, head bowed, with a calm riverbank or sacred grove behind.
FAQs
Honoring sages with humility is a foundational act of dharma and a marker of spiritual maturity.
The immediate verse does not name the tīrtha; it occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting.
Respectful salutation (abhivādana) to sages/elders—an ethical and ritual courtesy.