Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
अथ ते दक्षमालोक्य समायातं स्वमाश्रयम् । संमुखाश्चाभ्ययुस्तूर्णं प्रगृहीतार्घ्यपाणयः
atha te dakṣamālokya samāyātaṃ svamāśrayam | saṃmukhāścābhyayustūrṇaṃ pragṛhītārghyapāṇayaḥ
তখন তারা নিজেদের আশ্রমে আগত দক্ষকে দেখে দ্রুত সম্মুখে এগিয়ে এল, হাতে অর্ঘ্য ধারণ করে।
Narrator (third-person narrative)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sages rise from their seats as Dakṣa arrives; they step forward together, each holding a small arghya vessel (water in cupped hands or a ritual bowl), faces serene and welcoming, hermitage huts and sacred fire in background.
FAQs
Honor to guests and elders (atithi-satkāra) is dharma; reverent reception sustains harmony between rulers and sages.
The verse depicts a sages’ āśrama setting within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; no named tīrtha appears in the line.
Offering arghya as a formal welcome is explicitly mentioned.