Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41
अथासौ सत्वरं गत्वा व्योममार्गेण तं मुनिम् । पप्रच्छ प्रणिपत्योच्चैर्नैमिषारण्यमाश्रितम्
athāsau satvaraṃ gatvā vyomamārgeṇa taṃ munim | papraccha praṇipatyoccairnaimiṣāraṇyamāśritam
Da eilte er davon und gelangte auf dem Himmelsweg zu jenem Muni, der in Naimiṣāraṇya weilte. Nachdem er sich ehrfürchtig niedergeworfen hatte, stellte er ihm laut seine Frage.
Narrator (contextual)
Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indradyumna travels through the sky-path and arrives at a forest hermitage; he bows at the sage’s feet amid sacrificial implements and quiet ascetics.
FAQs
Knowledge is gained through humility—approaching the wise with prostration and sincere questioning.
Naimiṣāraṇya is presented as the sage’s abode, reinforcing its status as a sanctified landscape of revelation.
Respectful prostration (praṇipāta) and inquiry (praśna) are modeled as devotional-ethical conduct.