Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54
मार्कंडेय उवाच । अत्राऽद्य मुनयः प्राप्ता मया ते चाभिवादिताः । क्रमेण विनयात्तात स्मरमाणेन ते वचः
mārkaṃḍeya uvāca | atrā'dya munayaḥ prāptā mayā te cābhivāditāḥ | krameṇa vinayāttāta smaramāṇena te vacaḥ
மார்கண்டேயர் கூறினார்—இன்று இங்கு முனிவர்கள் வந்தனர்; தந்தையே, உங்கள் வாக்கை நினைத்து, பணிவுடன் முறையாக அவர்களுக்கு வணக்கம் செலுத்தினேன்।
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: his father (addressed as 'tāta')
Scene: A youthful ascetic Mārkaṇḍeya stands at a forested tīrtha-āśrama, greeting newly arrived sages in orderly sequence, hands folded, head bowed, with a calm riverbank or sacred grove behind.
FAQs
Honoring sages with humility is a foundational act of dharma and a marker of spiritual maturity.
The immediate verse does not name the tīrtha; it occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting.
Respectful salutation (abhivādana) to sages/elders—an ethical and ritual courtesy.