Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
तद्भूपतिवचः श्रुत्वा बको गृध्रोऽथ कच्छपः । उलूकश्च तथैवोचुः प्रणता लोमशं मुनिम्
tadbhūpativacaḥ śrutvā bako gṛdhro'tha kacchapaḥ | ulūkaśca tathaivocuḥ praṇatā lomaśaṃ munim
Hearing the king’s words, the crane, the vulture, the tortoise, and the owl likewise spoke, bowing down before the sage Lomaśa.
Narrator (contextual; within Nārada’s narration)
Scene: A king’s court or forest-āśrama setting: crane, vulture, tortoise, and owl—anthropomorphically attentive—bowing before sage Lomaśa, hands folded, as they begin to speak after hearing the king.
FAQs
Reverence to saints is portrayed as universal—crossing social and even species boundaries—highlighting the purifying power of humility.
No named tīrtha appears here; the verse glorifies the holy ‘place’ created by a realized sage’s presence.
Praṇāma (bowing) to the sage is implied as a devotional act; no detailed rite is specified.