Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
ततः प्रणम्य तां देवीं संप्रयाति पुनर्गृहम् । सैन्येन चतुरंगेण समंतात्परिवारितः
tataḥ praṇamya tāṃ devīṃ saṃprayāti punargṛham | sainyena caturaṃgeṇa samaṃtātparivāritaḥ
បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះអង្គប្រណម្យដល់ព្រះទេវីនោះ ហើយចេញដំណើរត្រឡប់ទៅគេហដ្ឋានវិញ ដោយមានទ័ពបួនមុខព័ទ្ធជុំវិញពីគ្រប់ទិស។
Deductive (Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic framing)
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the temple threshold, the king bows to the Devī; behind him the fourfold army—elephants, chariots, cavalry, infantry—waits in orderly formation as he departs.
FAQs
Worldly power and protection are portrayed as secondary; the king’s true refuge is reverent surrender before the Goddess.
A Devī-abode within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha circuit; the verse highlights the shrine as a royal destination of worship.
Bowing/prostration (praṇāma) to the Goddess as part of the pilgrimage observance.