Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 42
इति स्तुत्वा विधिं देवा निपेतुर्दंडवत्क्षितौ । परितुष्टस्तदा ब्रह्मा प्रत्युवाच दिवौकसः
iti stutvā vidhiṃ devā nipeturdaṃḍavatkṣitau | parituṣṭastadā brahmā pratyuvāca divaukasaḥ
अशा प्रकारे विधाता ब्रह्म्याची स्तुती करून देव दंडवत् होऊन भूमीवर पडले. तेव्हा अत्यंत संतुष्ट ब्रह्मा स्वर्गवासीयांना प्रत्युत्तर देऊ लागला।
Narrator (contextual, within Kāśī-khaṇḍa dialogue tradition)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A circle of devas completes the hymn and falls flat like staffs upon the earth; Brahmā sits serene, pleased, ready to speak; the moment is charged with quiet reverence.
FAQs
Humility and wholehearted praise (stuti) culminate in divine satisfaction and a gracious response.
The setting is the Kāśī-khaṇḍa, whose larger purpose is Kāśī-māhātmya; this verse itself is narrative transition.
Daṇḍavat-pranāma (full prostration) is described as an act of reverence.