Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 18
इत्थं परिष्टुत्य स कार्तिकेयं नमो नमस्त्वित्यभिभाषमाणः । द्विस्त्रिःपरिक्रम्य पुरो विवेश स्थितो मुनीशोपविशेति चोक्तः
itthaṃ pariṣṭutya sa kārtikeyaṃ namo namastvityabhibhāṣamāṇaḥ | dvistriḥparikramya puro viveśa sthito munīśopaviśeti coktaḥ
یوں کارتیکیہ کی ستائش کر کے، بار بار “نمو، نمستُو” کہتے ہوئے، اس نے دو تین بار پرِکرما کی اور پھر اُن کے حضور داخل ہوا۔ وہاں کھڑے ہوئے اسے کہا گیا: “اے مُنیوں کے سردار، بیٹھ جاؤ۔”
Narrator (contextual prose describing Agastya’s actions)
Scene: A sage/devotee finishes praising Skanda, then circles him two or three times; the sanctified space opens as he steps forward; Skanda’s attendants gesture hospitality; the devotee is invited to sit.
FAQs
Devotion is expressed through right conduct—praise, repeated salutations, circumambulation, and humble approach.
The action unfolds within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative world, reflecting Kāśī’s culture of darśana and worship.
Parikramā (circumambulation) two or three times, accompanied by repeated namaskāra.