Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 130
प्रणम्य दंडवद्भूमौ कृतांजलिपुटौ गणौ । कृताभ्यनुज्ञो भ्रूक्षेपाद्विज्ञप्तिमथ चक्रतुः
praṇamya daṃḍavadbhūmau kṛtāṃjalipuṭau gaṇau | kṛtābhyanujño bhrūkṣepādvijñaptimatha cakratuḥ
زمین پر ڈنڈوت کی طرح سجدہ کر کے اور ہاتھ جوڑ کر، وہ دونوں گن—ابرو کے اشارے سے اجازت پا کر—پھر اپنی عرضداشت پیش کرنے لگے۔
Skanda (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two gaṇas in Śiva’s presence prostrate fully like staffs, then rise with folded hands; Śiva (or a presiding deity) grants permission with a subtle brow-glance; the gaṇas begin their formal petition.
FAQs
Approach the divine with humility (praṇāma), reverence (añjali), and restraint—speaking only after receiving permission.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative etiquette within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa setting of sacred Kāśī.
Daṇḍavat-praṇāma (full prostration) and añjali (folded hands) as devotional protocol.