Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 6
तत्र पारावतद्वंद्वं वसेत्स्वैरं कृतालयम् । प्रातःसायं च मध्याह्ने कुर्वन्नित्यं प्रदक्षिणम्
tatra pārāvatadvaṃdvaṃ vasetsvairaṃ kṛtālayam | prātaḥsāyaṃ ca madhyāhne kurvannityaṃ pradakṣiṇam
तेथे पारव्यांचे एक जोडपे स्वैरपणे आपले घर करून राहात असे। ते प्रातः, सायंकाळी व मध्यान्ही नित्य प्रदक्षिणा करीत असे।
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context) speaking to Agastya
Tirtha: Trilocana-śiva (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrim-seeker interlocutor (traditional frame: sages/devotees)
Scene: In a sunlit Kāśī temple courtyard, a pair of pigeons circles the sanctum in gentle pradakṣiṇā at dawn, noon, and dusk, mirroring human devotees.
FAQs
Even simple beings attain devotional excellence through steady, daily acts of reverence like pradakṣiṇā.
The vicinity of Trilocana Śiva’s shrine/temple precinct in Kāśī (Varanasi), implied by the surrounding verses.
Regular pradakṣiṇā (clockwise circumambulation) performed at the three daily junctions: morning, midday, and evening.