Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
एवमभ्यर्च्य तान्सर्वांस्ततः कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणाम् । जानुनी भूतले न्यस्य ततश्चार्घं प्रदापयेत्
evamabhyarcya tānsarvāṃstataḥ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇām | jānunī bhūtale nyasya tataścārghaṃ pradāpayet
«Ainsi, après les avoir tous honorés et avoir accompli la pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation), qu’on pose les genoux à terre en signe d’humilité, puis qu’on offre l’arghya, l’eau d’hommage.»
Bhartṛyajña
Type: ghat
Listener: king (rājendra)
Scene: A ritualist completes worship, walks a clockwise circle around the offering space, then kneels on the prepared ground and extends a vessel of arghya forward.
FAQs
Ritual power is carried by humility—honoring the invoked presences through reverence, circumambulation, and respectful offering.
The ritual teaching is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya context, though the verse itself details rite-sequence.
After worship and pradakṣiṇā, kneel to the ground and offer arghya as a formal act of honor.