Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27
निशम्य प्रणिपत्याह नृपः स्वहृदयस्थितम् । इंद्रद्युम्न उवाच । चिरायुर्भगवान्भूमौ विश्रुतः सांप्रतं ततः
niśamya praṇipatyāha nṛpaḥ svahṛdayasthitam | iṃdradyumna uvāca | cirāyurbhagavānbhūmau viśrutaḥ sāṃprataṃ tataḥ
यह सुनकर राजा ने प्रणाम किया और जो बात हृदय में निश्चय कर रखी थी, वही कही। इन्द्रद्युम्न ने कहा—“अतः ‘चिरायु’ भगवान् अब पृथ्वी पर प्रसिद्ध हो गए हैं।”
Narrator and Indradyumna (direct speech)
Listener: Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied frame)
Scene: A crowned king (Indradyumna) listens intently, then bows with folded hands before an aged sage; the atmosphere is calm, with a hermitage backdrop and a sense of a sacred name becoming celebrated in the world.
FAQs
True knowledge is approached with reverence—listening first, bowing, and then speaking from sincerity of heart.
The verse implies a sacred meeting with a sage (context: Naimiṣāraṇya), but does not explicitly state tīrtha-phala.
No formal rite; it models respectful conduct toward sages (praṇipāta and praśna).