Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 88
तथा तेषूपविष्टेषु सर्वेषु पृथिवीपतिः । उपविश्य धरापृष्ठे कृतांजलिर भाषत
tathā teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu sarveṣu pṛthivīpatiḥ | upaviśya dharāpṛṣṭhe kṛtāṃjalira bhāṣata
അവർ എല്ലാവരും ഇങ്ങനെ ഉപവിഷ്ടരായപ്പോൾ, ഭൂമിപതി രാജാവും നിലത്ത് ഇരുന്ന് കൃതാഞ്ജലിയോടെ വിനയമായി സംസാരിച്ചു.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Scene: All brāhmaṇas seated; the king deliberately sits on the earth (not on a throne), hands folded, ready to speak—an image of humility and dharmic decorum.
FAQs
True authority is marked by humility—honoring the virtuous with folded hands is itself a form of dharma.
The verse sits within Tīrthamāhātmya context, but no single tīrtha-name is stated explicitly in this line.
No formal rite is prescribed here; the act highlighted is respectful posture and añjali (folded hands).