Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 60
एवमुक्तो जगन्नाथः प्रणिपत्य द्विजोत्तमान् । मुदा परमया युक्तः कृताञ्जलिरभाषत
evamukto jagannāthaḥ praṇipatya dvijottamān | mudā paramayā yuktaḥ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata
یوں مخاطب کیے جانے پر جگن ناتھ نے برگزیدہ دِویجوں کو سجدۂ تعظیم کیا۔ وہ اعلیٰ مسرت سے بھر کر، ہاتھ جوڑ کر، کلام کرنے لگا۔
Narrator (contextually within Revā Khaṇḍa narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (general)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Jagannātha (as a divine lord figure) bows low before a circle of venerable brāhmaṇas; his hands are folded, face radiant with joy; the sages sit on kusa mats near a riverbank shrine.
FAQs
Even the Lord models dharma through humility—honoring Brāhmaṇas and sages with prostration and folded hands.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative transition within the Revā/Narmadā sacred cycle.
The implied dharmic conduct (ācāra): praṇāma (prostration) and añjali (folded hands) toward worthy Brāhmaṇas.