Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
एवमुक्ता ततस्ताभिः प्रणिपत्य नृपप्रिया । प्रहृष्टा प्रययौ तूर्णं स्वपुरं प्रति सद्द्विजाः
evamuktā tatastābhiḥ praṇipatya nṛpapriyā | prahṛṣṭā prayayau tūrṇaṃ svapuraṃ prati saddvijāḥ
ครั้นถูกกล่าวเช่นนั้นโดยพวกนาง พระมเหสีผู้เป็นที่รักของพระราชาก็กราบลงด้วยความเคารพ; แล้วโอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ นางยินดีนักและรีบออกเดินทางสู่เมืองของตน
Narrator addressing brāhmaṇas (saddvijāḥ indicates a storyteller speaking to sages/brāhmaṇas; exact identity not in snippet)
Type: kshetra
Listener: saddvijāḥ (addressed audience)
Scene: The queen bows to the assembly, rises with a joyful yet humble expression, and hastens toward her city; the scene captures motion—flowing garments, attendants following, a city gate in the distance.
FAQs
Humility and reverence (praṇipāta) accompany righteous action; devotion expresses itself through respectful conduct.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Tīrthamāhātmya storyline.
Prostration/bowing as a mark of respect is depicted, though not framed as a formal rite.