Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
वृत्र उवाच । स्वागतं ते द्विजश्रेष्ठ किं करोमि प्रशाधि माम् । प्रिया मे ब्राह्मणा यस्मात्तस्मात्कीर्तय सांप्रतम्
vṛtra uvāca | svāgataṃ te dvijaśreṣṭha kiṃ karomi praśādhi mām | priyā me brāhmaṇā yasmāttasmātkīrtaya sāṃpratam
বৃত্ৰ ক’লে: হে দ্বিজশ্ৰেষ্ঠ, আপোনাক স্বাগতম। মই কি কৰিম? মোক আদেশ কৰক। যিহেতু ব্রাহ্মণসকল মোৰ প্ৰিয়, সেয়ে এতিয়াই ক’ক—কি কৰণীয়।
Vṛtra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Vṛtra speaks with folded hands, offering welcome and surrendering agency to the brāhmaṇa’s command; Bṛhaspati stands calm, compassionate, and authoritative.
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Honoring the spiritually learned and offering oneself to guidance is presented as a mark of dharma and inner nobility.
No holy site is mentioned in this verse.
None explicitly; the conduct aligns with atithi-satkāra (welcoming a revered guest) and guru-vākya acceptance.
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