Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 8
तत्राद्राक्षीन्मुनिश्रेष्ठोऽगस्त्यः साक्षात्षडाननम् । प्रणम्य दंडवद्भूमौ सपत्नीको महातपाः
tatrādrākṣīnmuniśreṣṭho'gastyaḥ sākṣātṣaḍānanam | praṇamya daṃḍavadbhūmau sapatnīko mahātapāḥ
ထိုနေရာ၌ မုနိအထွဋ်အမြတ် အဂස්တျာသည် မျက်နှာခြောက်ပါးရှင် (စကန္ဒ) ကို တိုက်ရိုက်ဖူးမြင်လေ၏။ ထိုမဟာတပသီသည် ဇနီးနှင့်အတူ မြေပြင်ပေါ်တွင် တံတားတိုင်ကဲ့သို့ လဲကျကာ စာဋ္ဌာင်္ဂပရဏာမ်ဖြင့် ဦးညွှတ်လေ၏။
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Darśana-sthāna of Ṣaḍānana at Lohita-giri (as implied by narrative)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Agastya, austere and radiant, stands with his wife; before them appears Ṣaḍānana (Skanda) in divine form. The couple falls full-length in daṇḍavat on the earth; the mountain-forest backdrop glows softly.
FAQs
Even the greatest sages approach the deity with humility; true knowledge is grounded in reverent surrender (praṇāma) and devotion.
Skandavana, implied as the locale where Agastya receives Skanda’s direct darśana.
Daṇḍavat-praṇāma (full prostration) is explicitly performed as an act of worship.