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
Un autre connaît mes actes d’autrefois—ô le meilleur des ascètes. Et les plus éminents des brāhmaṇas, s’agenouillant jusqu’à toucher la terre, offrirent des hymnes de louange.
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.