Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10
अथासौ प्रणिपत्योच्चैर्ब्राह्मणो मधुसूदनम् । लक्ष्मीवन्न्यविशत्पार्श्वे गरुडस्य समीपतः
athāsau praṇipatyoccairbrāhmaṇo madhusūdanam | lakṣmīvannyaviśatpārśve garuḍasya samīpataḥ
അനന്തരം ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ മധുസൂദനനോട് ആഴത്തിൽ പ്രണാമം ചെയ്തു; ലക്ഷ്മിയെപ്പോലെ ഗരുഡന്റെ സമീപത്ത്, ഭഗവാന്റെ പാർശ്വത്ത് ഇരുന്നുവന്നു.
Narrator (contextual; not marked in verse)
Type: temple
Scene: A brāhmaṇa prostrates before Madhusūdana; then sits close by, near Garuḍa, with a composure likened to Lakṣmī’s intimate presence.
FAQs
Humility (praṇipāta) and reverent proximity to the divine are marks of bhakti aligned with dharma.
Not specified in this verse; it remains within the larger tīrtha-mahātmya storyline.
Praṇipāta (bowing/prostration) is shown as a devotional act, though not framed as a formal vow.