Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 91
आकर्ण्य विमलश्चेत्थमालापं रश्मिमालिनः । प्रणतो दंडवद्भूमौ संप्रहष्टतनूरुहः
ākarṇya vimalaścetthamālāpaṃ raśmimālinaḥ | praṇato daṃḍavadbhūmau saṃprahaṣṭatanūruhaḥ
Mendengar kata-kata Sang Berkalung Sinar itu, Vimala bersujud ke bumi seperti sebatang tongkat (dandavat), dan seluruh tubuhnya meremang kerana limpahan sukacita.
Skanda (narration to Agastya, per Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)
Scene: Vimala falls full-length on the ground in daṇḍavat before the blazing Sun, his skin glowing with relief and his body showing goosebumps of ecstatic devotion.
FAQs
True devotion shows itself in humility and surrender—gratitude expressed through full prostration.
Kāśī, where the devotee’s reverence and the deity’s response are portrayed as especially immediate.
Daṇḍavat praṇāma (full prostration) as an act of reverence following divine instruction or blessing.