Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
अथ तौ दंपती तेषां मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् । पुरतः प्रणिपत्याथ प्रस्थितौ त्रिदिवं प्रति
atha tau daṃpatī teṣāṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām | purataḥ praṇipatyātha prasthitau tridivaṃ prati
Kemudian suami isteri itu bersujud di hadapan para muni yang jiwanya telah disempurnakan, lalu berangkat menuju Tridiva, alam syurga para dewa.
Pulastya (narration continues)
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame listener not specified in excerpt
Scene: The couple prostrates before the serene sages; behind them the celestial chariot waits, and the path to heaven opens in the sky.
FAQs
Reverence to realized sages is integral to dharma and precedes spiritual elevation.
The Arbuda sacred landscape is the narrative ground; the tīrtha naming follows soon after.
The act shown is praṇipāta (prostration) to sages—an ethical-religious duty rather than a formal rite.