Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
कृष्णोथ दृष्ट्वाऽगच्छंतं प्रत्युद्गम्य च नारदम् । मधुपर्केण संपूज्य स्वासने चोपवेशयत्
kṛṣṇotha dṛṣṭvā'gacchaṃtaṃ pratyudgamya ca nāradam | madhuparkeṇa saṃpūjya svāsane copaveśayat
ಆಮೇಲೆ ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣನು ನಾರದನು ಬರುತ್ತಿರುವುದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ಎದುರಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸಿದನು; ಮಧುಪರ್ಕದಿಂದ ಪೂಜಿಸಿ ತನ್ನ ಆಸನದಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳ್ಳಿರಿಸಿದನು.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Listener: Frame audience of sages
Scene: Kṛṣṇa rises and walks forward to greet Nārada; attendants bring madhuparka in a golden vessel; Kṛṣṇa offers his own seat, embodying reverence toward the sage.
FAQs
Atithi-dharma is sacred: even the Lord models reverent hospitality toward sages through welcome, worship, and offering a seat.
Dvārakā is the setting, presented as Kṛṣṇa’s royal-sacred abode where dharma is enacted.
Madhuparka-pūjā (the traditional guest-offering) and formal reception (pratyudgama, āsana-pradāna) are explicitly mentioned.