Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 64
इति प्रसादमासाद्य शासनं शिरसा वहन् । कृतप्रणामो निर्यातो योगिनीनां गणस्ततः
iti prasādamāsādya śāsanaṃ śirasā vahan | kṛtapraṇāmo niryāto yoginīnāṃ gaṇastataḥ
یوں اس کی عنایت پا کر اور حکم کو سر آنکھوں پر رکھ کر، تعظیمی سجدہ کرکے یوگنیوں کا گروہ وہاں سے روانہ ہو گیا۔
Narrator (Skanda to Agastya)
Listener: Ṛṣi audience (frame)
Scene: The Yoginī troop bows, receives Śiva’s grace, symbolically bears his command upon their heads, and departs in orderly formation—devotion expressed as disciplined action.
FAQs
Divine grace (prasāda) is met with humility and disciplined obedience; sacred power is exercised within reverence.
Kāśī/Vārāṇasī remains the narrative focus, as the Yoginīs depart to enact Śiva’s will there.
No formal rite; it highlights praṇāma (reverent salutation) as a devotional response to divine command.