Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69
तमागतं प्रेक्ष्य गुरुं मुनीनां सार्धं सदस्यैरखिलैर्मुनींद्रैः । प्रणम्य भक्त्या विनिवेश्य पीठे कृतोपचारं नृपतिर्बभाषे
tamāgataṃ prekṣya guruṃ munīnāṃ sārdhaṃ sadasyairakhilairmunīṃdraiḥ | praṇamya bhaktyā viniveśya pīṭhe kṛtopacāraṃ nṛpatirbabhāṣe
तमागतं मुनीनां गुरुं दृष्ट्वा, अखिलैर्मुनीन्द्रैः सह सदस्यैः, नृपतिः भक्त्या प्रणम्य पीठे निवेश्य कृतोपचारो बभाषे।
Narrator (contextual; not explicit in verse snippet)
Scene: The king and assembled sage-lords behold Nārada; the king bows, offers a throne-like seat, performs honors, and begins to speak.
FAQs
True authority bows to spiritual authority; honoring holy guests with upacāra is a celebrated Purāṇic dharma that invites auspicious counsel.
No tīrtha is specified; the focus is on dharmic reception of a divine sage.
Guest-honoring protocol is described: praṇāma (bowing), āsana (offering a seat), and upacāra (hospitality/attentive service).