Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
उवाच विस्मयाविष्टो मनस्येव महेशिता । ईदृशेभ्यस्तपस्विभ्यो नमोस्त्विति पुनःपुनः
uvāca vismayāviṣṭo manasyeva maheśitā | īdṛśebhyastapasvibhyo namostviti punaḥpunaḥ
وہ حیرت میں ڈوبا ہوا، دل ہی دل میں مہیش کی ربوبیت کا دھیان کرتے ہوئے بولا—“ایسے تپسویوں کو بار بار نمسکار!”
Durvāsā (in narrative, recovering composure)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A figure, astonished and humbled, offers repeated namaskāra to radiant ascetics seated in a forest-hermitage ambience, with an implied Śiva-aiśvarya felt inwardly.
FAQs
Wonder and humility restore dharma after anger; recognition of Śiva’s sovereignty leads to reverence for true asceticism.
The Kāśī setting remains implicit; the verse supports the Prahāsiteśvara episode within Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
None formal; repeated namaskāra (salutation) is expressed as a devotional response.