Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9
देव्युवाच । किमेतद्देवदेवेश चराचरनमस्कृत । प्रह्वनम्राञ्जलिं बद्ध्वा भक्त्या परमया युतः
devyuvāca | kimetaddevadeveśa carācaranamaskṛta | prahvanamrāñjaliṃ baddhvā bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ
ദേവി അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ഹേ ദേവദേവേശ, ചരാചരങ്ങളാൽ നമസ്കൃതനേ! പരമഭക്തിയോടെ നമ്രനായി കൈകൂപ്പി നിൽക്കുന്നതെന്തു കാര്യം?
Devī (Gaurī/Umā)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devī addresses the Deva: ‘Why are you bowed with joined palms?’ The contrast between his cosmic status and humble posture is the visual focus.
FAQs
Even the highest Lord demonstrates bhakti and humility before sacred dharma; reverence is itself a spiritual power.
The question arises in the presence of Daśāśvamedhika Tīrtha, whose greatness is about to be explained.
The devotional gesture of añjali and a bowed posture (namratā) as an expression of supreme bhakti.