Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
तमुत्थाप्य कराग्राभ्यामाशीर्भिरभिनंद्य च । तदुद्दिष्टासनं भेजे मनसोपि समुच्छ्रितम्
tamutthāpya karāgrābhyāmāśīrbhirabhinaṃdya ca | taduddiṣṭāsanaṃ bheje manasopi samucchritam
দুই হাতে তাঁকে উঠিয়ে দিয়ে, আশীর্বাদবচনে অভিনন্দন করে, প্রদত্ত আসন গ্রহণ করল; আর মনেও সেই সম্মানে উন্নত হল।
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A host gently lifts the visiting sage by both hands, offers auspicious blessings, and guides him to a designated seat; the sage’s face is calm, the host’s mind visibly uplifted.
FAQs
Honoring holy guests through respectful gestures and blessings elevates both host and guest.
The episode occurs within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s glorification of Kāśī, emphasizing its culture of honoring sages.
Hospitality rites are implied: welcoming (abhinaṃdana), offering blessings, and giving an appropriate seat (āsana).