Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12
कृष्णोथ दृष्ट्वाऽगच्छंतं प्रत्युद्गम्य च नारदम् । मधुपर्केण संपूज्य स्वासने चोपवेशयत्
kṛṣṇotha dṛṣṭvā'gacchaṃtaṃ pratyudgamya ca nāradam | madhuparkeṇa saṃpūjya svāsane copaveśayat
پھر کرشن نے نارَد کو آتے دیکھا تو آگے بڑھ کر استقبال کیا؛ مدھوپارک سے پوجا کر کے اپنے ہی آسن پر بٹھایا۔
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative frame)
Listener: Frame audience of sages
Scene: Kṛṣṇa rises and walks forward to greet Nārada; attendants bring madhuparka in a golden vessel; Kṛṣṇa offers his own seat, embodying reverence toward the sage.
FAQs
Atithi-dharma is sacred: even the Lord models reverent hospitality toward sages through welcome, worship, and offering a seat.
Dvārakā is the setting, presented as Kṛṣṇa’s royal-sacred abode where dharma is enacted.
Madhuparka-pūjā (the traditional guest-offering) and formal reception (pratyudgama, āsana-pradāna) are explicitly mentioned.