Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3
अथ तेषूपविष्टेषु तपस्विषु महात्मसु । निर्दिष्टमासनं भेजे विनयाल्लोमहर्षणिः
atha teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu tapasviṣu mahātmasu | nirdiṣṭamāsanaṃ bheje vinayāllomaharṣaṇiḥ
അപ്പോൾ ആ മഹാത്മ തപസ്വികൾ ഉപവേശിച്ച ശേഷം, ലോമഹർഷണി വിനയത്തോടെ തനിക്കായി നിർദ്ദേശിച്ചിരുന്ന ആസനം സ്വീകരിച്ചു ഇരുന്നു।
Narrator
Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and sages
Scene: Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) modestly accepts the indicated seat as the sages sit in orderly rows; the forest yajña-hall glows with calm firelight and scholarly anticipation.
FAQs
Humility (vinaya) before saints and elders is a foundational dharma that dignifies sacred teaching and listening.
The broader setting is Naimiṣāraṇya; the verse focuses on the decorum of the assembly.
No ritual is stated; it models proper conduct in a dharma-sabhā (religious assembly).