Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 51
सूत उवाच । इति संभाषमाणौ तौ दंपती गर्गसन्निधिम् । प्राप्य तच्चरणौ मूर्ध्ना ववंदाते कृताञ्जली
sūta uvāca | iti saṃbhāṣamāṇau tau daṃpatī gargasannidhim | prāpya taccaraṇau mūrdhnā vavaṃdāte kṛtāñjalī
सूत उवाच—एवं परस्परं संभाषमाणौ तौ दम्पती गर्गसन्निधिं प्राप्य, तस्य चरणौ मूर्ध्ना स्पृष्ट्वा कृताञ्जली नमस्कृतवन्तौ।
Sūta
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied Skanda-Purāṇa frame)
Scene: A royal couple arrives at a sage’s hermitage; they bow with folded hands, touching their heads to the sage’s feet; the āśrama is calm with trees, kusa grass seats, and a sacrificial ambience.
FAQs
Approaching the guru with humility and reverence is presented as the proper doorway to receiving sacred instruction.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is on guru-darśana and respectful approach.
The implied observance is namaskāra—bowing at the guru’s feet with añjali (folded hands).