Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
एवमुक्ता ततस्ताभिः प्रणिपत्य नृपप्रिया । प्रहृष्टा प्रययौ तूर्णं स्वपुरं प्रति सद्द्विजाः
evamuktā tatastābhiḥ praṇipatya nṛpapriyā | prahṛṣṭā prayayau tūrṇaṃ svapuraṃ prati saddvijāḥ
ಅವರು ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದಾಗ ರಾಜಪ್ರಿಯ ರಾಣಿ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸಿ, ಹರ್ಷದಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿ, ತ್ವರಿತವಾಗಿ ತನ್ನ ಪಟ್ಟಣದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಹೊರಟಳು, ಹೇ ಸದ್ಧ್ವಿಜರೇ।
Narrator addressing brāhmaṇas (saddvijāḥ indicates a storyteller speaking to sages/brāhmaṇas; exact identity not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Listener: saddvijāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: The queen bows to the assembly, rises with a joyful yet humble expression, and hastens toward her city; the scene captures motion—flowing garments, attendants following, a city gate in the distance.
FAQs
Humility and reverence (praṇipāta) accompany righteous action; devotion expresses itself through respectful conduct.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Tīrthamāhātmya storyline.
Prostration/bowing as a mark of respect is depicted, though not framed as a formal rite.
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