Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
ततस्ते ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनाः । संमुखाः प्रययुस्तूर्णं कृतांजलिपुटाः स्थिताः
tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve vismayotphullalocanāḥ | saṃmukhāḥ prayayustūrṇaṃ kṛtāṃjalipuṭāḥ sthitāḥ
Da gingen all jene Brahmanen, die vor Staunen die Augen weit geöffnet hatten, eilends nach vorn, traten ihm gegenüber und standen da, die Hände ehrfürchtig gefaltet.
Viśvāmitra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas with widened eyes rush forward, then halt in a composed line, hands folded; Śakra stands before them, radiant.
FAQs
Reverence is expressed through bodily discipline; humility (añjali) is a doorway to auspicious encounter.
The āśrama within the Himālaya tīrtha narrative, where dharmic reception is enacted.
The respectful posture of añjali and approaching the guest—core elements of atithi-satkāra.