Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
तस्याभिवादनं कार्यं नित्यमेव च पुत्रक । ततो वयमनेनैव दृष्टा बालेन सत्तम
tasyābhivādanaṃ kāryaṃ nityameva ca putraka | tato vayamanenaiva dṛṣṭā bālena sattama
“മകനേ, അവനെ നിത്യവും വന്ദനം ചെയ്യണം.” ഇങ്ങനെ, ഹേ ശ്രേഷ്ഠനേ, ആ ബാലൻ തന്നെയാണ് ഞങ്ങളെയും കണ്ടത്.
Ṛṣis (continuing their reply to Brahmā)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The instruction concludes: ‘Always salute.’ The sages point out that the boy indeed saw them and honored them—an immediate validation of the teaching.
FAQs
Daily reverence toward the worthy is itself a form of dharma that draws grace and right outcomes.
The instruction appears within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, illustrating Prabhāsa’s role in shaping dharmic behavior.
Abhivādana is prescribed as a nitya-kartavya (daily duty), especially toward dvijas/elders.