Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25
ततो हर्षं परं गत्वा प्रणिपत्य च तं भुवि । कृतकृत्यमिवात्मानं स मेने पार्थिवोत्तमः
tato harṣaṃ paraṃ gatvā praṇipatya ca taṃ bhuvi | kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṃ sa mene pārthivottamaḥ
मग तो परम हर्षाने भरून गेला आणि भूमीवर लोटांगण घालून त्याला प्रणाम केला. तो श्रेष्ठ राजा स्वतःला कृतकृत्य—जणू जीवनार्थ सिद्ध—समजू लागला.
Sūta (continuing narration; speaker not re-stated in this verse)
Type: temple
Listener: assembled sages / Purāṇic audience
Scene: In a temple courtyard, the king falls flat in full prostration before the liṅga; attendants stand back; the atmosphere is charged with joy and reverence, as if a life-goal has been achieved.
FAQs
True darśana culminates in humility and surrender, producing inner completeness (kṛtakṛtyatā).
The Acaleśvara-liṅga kṣetra described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Prostration (praṇipāta) is exemplified as a devotional response to the deity’s sign.