Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1
प्रह्लाद उवाच श्रुत्वा तमागतं देवं ब्रह्माणं पितरं स्वकम् । सनकाद्या नमस्कर्त्तुं जग्मुः सर्वे पितामहम्
prahlāda uvāca śrutvā tamāgataṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ pitaraṃ svakam | sanakādyā namaskarttuṃ jagmuḥ sarve pitāmaham
प्रह्लाद ने कहा—अपने पिता देव ब्रह्मा के आगमन का समाचार सुनकर सनक आदि सब पितामह को प्रणाम करने गए।
Prahlāda
Scene: Brahmā arrives in a luminous assembly; the Sanakādi sages rise and proceed together to bow to him as Pitāmaha. Prahlāda stands as narrator, indicating a shift to a new episode.
FAQs
Reverence to cosmic elders and sources of creation is upheld as a mark of dharma, even among exalted sages.
The narrative belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya, situating the episode within Dvārakā’s sacred frame.
Namaskāra (bowing/salutation) is described as the devotional act performed.