Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
अन्यो जानाति मे पूर्वं जातस्ते तापसोत्तमः । स्तुतिं चक्रुश्च विप्रेंद्रा जानुभ्यामवनिं गताः
anyo jānāti me pūrvaṃ jātaste tāpasottamaḥ | stutiṃ cakruśca vipreṃdrā jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatāḥ
Ein anderer kennt meine früheren Taten—o Bester der Asketen. Und die Vornehmsten unter den Brāhmaṇas sanken auf die Knie zur Erde nieder und brachten Lobeshymnen dar.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator continuing the scene of sages’ praise)
Tirtha: Nāgara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A revered ascetic is addressed (‘O best of ascetics’); brāhmaṇas kneel and chant; the scene suggests a council of sages interpreting the miracle as rooted in earlier deeds.
FAQs
The holy place inspires reverence: sages respond to divine presence with humility and devotional praise.
A tīrtha within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya is being celebrated; the site-name is not explicit in this verse.
The act shown is stuti (hymnic praise) with reverential kneeling/prostration; no formal rite is specified.