Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
तमुत्थाप्य कराग्राभ्यामाशीर्भिरभिनंद्य च । तदुद्दिष्टासनं भेजे मनसोपि समुच्छ्रितम्
tamutthāpya karāgrābhyāmāśīrbhirabhinaṃdya ca | taduddiṣṭāsanaṃ bheje manasopi samucchritam
اُسے دونوں ہاتھوں سے تھام کر اٹھایا، دعاؤں اور برکتوں کے ساتھ اس کی پذیرائی کی؛ پھر جو آسن اس کے لیے مقرر تھا اُس پر بیٹھ گیا—دل بھی اس عزت سے بلند ہو گیا۔
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A host gently lifts the visiting sage by both hands, offers auspicious blessings, and guides him to a designated seat; the sage’s face is calm, the host’s mind visibly uplifted.
FAQs
Honoring holy guests through respectful gestures and blessings elevates both host and guest.
The episode occurs within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s glorification of Kāśī, emphasizing its culture of honoring sages.
Hospitality rites are implied: welcoming (abhinaṃdana), offering blessings, and giving an appropriate seat (āsana).