Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 84
पुच्छं संगृह्य सुरभेरग्रे कृत्वा द्विजं ततः
pucchaṃ saṃgṛhya surabheragre kṛtvā dvijaṃ tataḥ
Puis, saisissant la queue de Surabhī et plaçant le Brāhmaṇa devant (la vache),
Narratorial/ritual-instruction voice (speaker not explicit in this verse)
Tirtha: Vaitaraṇī-dhenu (Surabhī as archetype)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Close-up ritual moment: the donor respectfully holds Surabhī’s tail; the brāhmaṇa stands ahead guiding the movement; the cow is calm, adorned with garlands and cloth.
FAQs
Dharma is enacted through precise, reverent action—outer ritual expresses inner surrender and trust in sacred means.
The instruction belongs to Revā Khaṇḍa (Narmadā region); the verse is procedural and not tied to a single named tirtha in this line.
Grasp the cow’s tail and position the Brāhmaṇa ahead, as part of the Vaitaraṇī-dhenu dāna sequence.