Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42
ततः प्रणम्य तं देवं हर्षेण महताऽन्वितः । पित्रा समं जगामाथ स्वकीयं भवनं द्विजाः
tataḥ praṇamya taṃ devaṃ harṣeṇa mahatā'nvitaḥ | pitrā samaṃ jagāmātha svakīyaṃ bhavanaṃ dvijāḥ
Lalu, setelah bersujud hormat kepada Tuhan itu, dengan sukacita yang besar, sang brāhmaṇa pergi bersama ayahnya menuju rumahnya sendiri, wahai para dwija.
Sūta (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style; explicit in the next adhyāya opening)
Tirtha: Same Gomukha-associated tīrtha (implicit)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijās/dvijottamāḥ
Scene: The healed brāhmaṇa boy, smiling with tears of relief, bows to the deity; his father stands beside him; they depart along a path from the shrine toward their home.
FAQs
Reverence (praṇāma) and gratitude to the deity complete a sacred encounter and anchor one in dharmic living.
The surrounding passage belongs to Gomukha-tīrtha within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the act highlighted is praṇāma (devotional salutation).