Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
सा चतुर्वक्त्रमालोक्य हंसयानोपरिस्थितम् । प्रणम्य प्रांजलिः प्रीता प्रोवाचाथ प्रजापतिम्
sā caturvaktramālokya haṃsayānoparisthitam | praṇamya prāṃjaliḥ prītā provācātha prajāpatim
सा चतुर्वक्त्रं प्रभुं हंसयानोपरि स्थितम् आलोक्य प्रणम्य प्राञ्जलिः प्रीत्या ततः प्रजापतिं प्रोवाच।
Skanda (narrating)
Tirtha: Dhūtapāpā (tīrtha/personified purifier within Kāśī narrative)
Type: ghat
Scene: A radiant four-faced Brahmā seated on a white haṃsa, haloed, holding kamaṇḍalu and akṣamālā; before him stands a youthful maiden (Dhūtapāpā), hands joined, head bowed, eyes uplifted in devotion; a subtle Kāśī riverside ambience in the background.
FAQs
After spiritual effort, one should meet divine grace with humility, reverence, and prayerful composure.
The Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame is the locus of sanctity; this verse depicts divine darśana rather than a particular tīrtha.
The devotional gesture of praṇāma and prāñjali (joined palms) is exemplified.