Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
इत्थं परिष्टुत्य स कार्तिकेयं नमो नमस्त्वित्यभिभाषमाणः । द्विस्त्रिःपरिक्रम्य पुरो विवेश स्थितो मुनीशोपविशेति चोक्तः
itthaṃ pariṣṭutya sa kārtikeyaṃ namo namastvityabhibhāṣamāṇaḥ | dvistriḥparikramya puro viveśa sthito munīśopaviśeti coktaḥ
ಈ ರೀತಿ ಕಾರ್ತಿಕೇಯನನ್ನು ಸ್ತುತಿಸಿ, “ನಮೋ ನಮಸ್ತೇ” ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುತ್ತ, ಅವನು ಎರಡು-ಮೂರು ಬಾರಿ ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣೆ ಮಾಡಿ ನಂತರ ಅವರ ಸಮ್ಮುಖಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿದನು. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತಿದ್ದವನಿಗೆ—“ಹೇ ಮುನೀಶ್ವರ, ಉಪವೇಶಿಸು” ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಯಿತು।
Narrator (contextual prose describing Agastya’s actions)
Scene: A sage/devotee finishes praising Skanda, then circles him two or three times; the sanctified space opens as he steps forward; Skanda’s attendants gesture hospitality; the devotee is invited to sit.
FAQs
Devotion is expressed through right conduct—praise, repeated salutations, circumambulation, and humble approach.
The action unfolds within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative world, reflecting Kāśī’s culture of darśana and worship.
Parikramā (circumambulation) two or three times, accompanied by repeated namaskāra.
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