Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17
अन्यो जानाति मे पूर्वं जातस्ते तापसोत्तमः । स्तुतिं चक्रुश्च विप्रेंद्रा जानुभ्यामवनिं गताः
anyo jānāti me pūrvaṃ jātaste tāpasottamaḥ | stutiṃ cakruśca vipreṃdrā jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatāḥ
ผู้อื่นยังรู้ถึงการกระทำก่อนกาลของข้าพเจ้า โอ้ดาบสผู้ประเสริฐ และบรรดาพราหมณ์ผู้เลิศนั้นก็คุกเข่าลงแตะพื้นดิน แล้วถวายบทสรรเสริญ
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator continuing the scene of sages’ praise)
Tirtha: Nāgara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A revered ascetic is addressed (‘O best of ascetics’); brāhmaṇas kneel and chant; the scene suggests a council of sages interpreting the miracle as rooted in earlier deeds.
FAQs
The holy place inspires reverence: sages respond to divine presence with humility and devotional praise.
A tīrtha within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya is being celebrated; the site-name is not explicit in this verse.
The act shown is stuti (hymnic praise) with reverential kneeling/prostration; no formal rite is specified.