Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
एवमुक्तस्ततस्तेन विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । तां कन्या मानयामास तं च विप्रभृगूद्वहम्
evamuktastatastena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | tāṃ kanyā mānayāmāsa taṃ ca viprabhṛgūdvaham
یوں قادرِ مطلق وشنو کے فرمان پر، اس نے اس کنیا کی بھی تعظیم کی اور بھِرگو کے خاندان کے برگزیدہ دِویج برہمن کی بھی تکریم کی۔
Narrator (contextual; not marked in verse)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Viṣṇu’s command is carried out; the brāhmaṇa honors the maiden and the eminent Bhṛgu-descended brāhmaṇa, reflecting mutual respect under Viṣṇu’s gaze.
FAQs
Dharma includes honoring the worthy—especially venerable sages and brāhmaṇas—alongside protecting the innocent.
Not named in this shloka; it is connective narration within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter.
No explicit ritual; the dharmic act is māna (honoring/reverence).