Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52
सूत उवाच । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा देवस्य परमेष्ठिनः । प्रोवाच प्रणयात्कोपं कृत्वा नत्वा च पद्मजम्
sūta uvāca | tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā devasya parameṣṭhinaḥ | provāca praṇayātkopaṃ kṛtvā natvā ca padmajam
Sūta dit : Entendant ces paroles du Seigneur Suprême, le Créateur, il parla alors — ayant, par affection, feint la colère — après s'être incliné devant le Né-du-Lotus (Brahmā).
Sūta
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: Sūta’s narrative lens: a deity, after hearing Brahmā’s words, bows to the lotus-born and begins to speak, showing a composed exterior despite inner anger.
FAQs
Reverence to the divine authority (here Brahmā) precedes speech and action; even strong emotions are subordinated to humility and dharmic decorum.
This verse is a narrative transition within the Tīrthamāhātmya; it does not name a particular tīrtha in the line itself.
No direct rite is prescribed here; the implied dharmic act is namaskāra (bowing) to a venerable deity.