Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
प्रबद्धहस्तयुगलः प्रणमतरकंधरः । अथ पाशुपताचार्यो गर्गो नाम महामुनिः
prabaddhahastayugalaḥ praṇamatarakaṃdharaḥ | atha pāśupatācāryo gargo nāma mahāmuniḥ
Les deux mains jointes en signe de révérence, le cou incliné en salut, se tenait là le précepteur pāśupata, le grand sage nommé Garga.
Skanda (narration within Skanda–Agastya dialogue, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: The great sage Garga, a Pāśupata preceptor, stands with folded hands and bowed neck—an icon of disciplined devotion and authority.
FAQs
True spiritual authority is marked by humility and devotion, even in one who is a renowned teacher.
Kāśī is the implied sacred landscape, famed for Śaiva teachers and Pāśupata practice.
The verse highlights devotional etiquette—añjali (joined hands) and praṇāma—rather than a specific external ritual.