Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90
वृद्धान्प्रयत्नाद्वंदेत दद्यात्तेषां स्वमासनम् । विनम्रधमनिस्तस्मादनुयायात्ततश्च तान्
vṛddhānprayatnādvaṃdeta dadyātteṣāṃ svamāsanam | vinamradhamanistasmādanuyāyāttataśca tān
மிகுந்த கவனத்துடன் முதியவர்களுக்கு வணங்கி, அவர்களுக்கு தன் ஆசனத்தை அளிக்க வேண்டும். பின்னர் பணிவுடன் அவர்களைத் தொடர்ந்து உடன்செல்ல வேண்டும்.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/residents instructed in Kāśī etiquette
Scene: On a Kāśī ghat or temple corridor, a young pilgrim rises, bows to an elderly sage, offers his seat, and walks a few steps behind in respectful accompaniment amid lamps and devotees.
FAQs
Humility and service toward elders is a direct expression of dharma and refines one’s character for spiritual life.
Kāśī is the setting where social conduct is treated as sacred discipline supporting pilgrimage merit.
An ācāra rule: bow to elders, offer one’s seat, and escort them respectfully.