Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 9
तं तथा नर्तमानं वै धर्मं दृष्ट्वा कृपान्वितः । आविर्बभूव भगवान्पीतवासा हरिः स्वयम् । तं प्रणम्य च धर्मोऽथ तुष्टाव हरिमादरात्
taṃ tathā nartamānaṃ vai dharmaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛpānvitaḥ | āvirbabhūva bhagavānpītavāsā hariḥ svayam | taṃ praṇamya ca dharmo'tha tuṣṭāva harimādarāt
ധർമ്മൻ ഇങ്ങനെ നൃത്തം ചെയ്യുന്നതു കണ്ടു കരുണാസമ്പന്നനായ ഭഗവാൻ സ്വയം പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു—പീതാംബരധാരിയായ ഹരി. തുടർന്ന് ധർമ്മൻ നമസ്കരിച്ചു ആദരത്തോടെ ഹരിയെ സ്തുതിച്ചു।
Narrator (contextual, not explicitly marked in this verse)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (āvirbhāva-sthāna motif)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Dharma dances; suddenly Hari manifests before him, radiant, wearing yellow garments, with conch and discus; Dharma stops, folds hands, bows, and begins a hymn.
FAQs
When dharma and devotion intensify, the Lord responds with compassion and grants darśana; reverent praise follows naturally.
Ayodhyā is the backdrop of the episode, presented as a place where divine manifestation and devotion unfold.
None directly; the verse models praṇāma (prostration) and stuti (praise) as devotional responses to divine presence.