Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17
कृत्वा सुस्वागतं दत्त्वा अर्घाद्यं भृगुणा सह । आसनेषूपविष्टास्ते मुनींद्रा ग्राहिता मया
kṛtvā susvāgataṃ dattvā arghādyaṃ bhṛguṇā saha | āsaneṣūpaviṣṭāste munīṃdrā grāhitā mayā
ഞാൻ അവരെ സുസ്വാഗതം ചെയ്ത്, ഭൃഗുവിനോടൊപ്പം അർഘ്യാദി ആദരങ്ങൾ സമർപ്പിച്ചു. പിന്നെ ആ മുനീന്ദ്രർ ആസനങ്ങളിൽ ഇരുന്നപ്പോൾ, ഞാൻ വിനയത്തോടെ അവരുടെ സേവയിൽ നിലകൊണ്ടു।
Uncertain from snippet; continuing first-person narrative in Bhṛgu’s āśrama episode
Listener: Bhṛgu and accompanying sages (within the scene)
Scene: An ascetic host welcomes a group of radiant sages; arghya vessels and ritual items are offered; sages sit on kusa-mats or carved seats while the host stands in attentive service.
FAQs
Dharma is enacted through reverence and service—welcoming the worthy with arghya, seating, and attentive care.
The focus remains Bhṛgu’s āśrama as a dharmic sacred setting, not a named tīrtha.
Arghya-pradāna (offering arghya) and proper hospitality: welcoming, seating (āsana), and serving honored guests.