Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
नातिदूरे ततस्तस्य विनयेन समन्वितः । उपविष्टो धरापृष्ठे कृतांजलिपुटः स्थितः
nātidūre tatastasya vinayena samanvitaḥ | upaviṣṭo dharāpṛṣṭhe kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ
பின்னர் அவரிடமிருந்து அதிக தூரமின்றி, பணிவுடன் நிலத்தின் மேல் அமர்ந்து, கைகூப்பி பக்தியுடன் இருந்தான்।
Unspecified narrator within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Rāma sits on the bare earth near Agastya, hands joined, eyes lowered in humility; the hermitage is quiet—fire, kusa grass, water-pot, and trees framing a contemplative pause.
FAQs
Reverence is shown through posture, proximity, and restraint—outer humility supports inner receptivity.
The āśrama setting functions as a living tīrtha where humility and devotion are practiced.
Sitting on the ground near the guru/ṛṣi and holding añjali (joined palms) as a devotional observance.