Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
संपूजयन्तो दिवि देवसंघा ब्रह्मेन्द्ररुद्रा विहरंति कामम् । तं स्तौमि नौमीह जपामि शर्वं वन्देऽभिवंद्यं शरणं प्रपन्नः
saṃpūjayanto divi devasaṃghā brahmendrarudrā viharaṃti kāmam | taṃ staumi naumīha japāmi śarvaṃ vande'bhivaṃdyaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannaḥ
في السماء تعبدُ جموعُ الآلهة—براهما وإندرا ورودرا—ذلك الإله، ويتنعّمون كما يشتهون. إياه، شَرْوَ (شِيفا)، أُسبّح؛ وهنا أنحني له، وأُكرّر اسمه بجَپا، وأعبدُ المستحقَّ لكل تبجيل، وقد اتخذتُه ملجأً.
Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera) (deduced from immediate context of boons granted to him in following verse)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial assembly in svarga—Brahmā, Indra, and Rudra among devas—offering flowers and incense to Śiva; in the foreground, a human devotee mirrors them with japa-mālā and folded hands, emphasizing ‘as above, so below’.
FAQs
True refuge (śaraṇāgati) is expressed through praise, bowing, and japa directed to Śiva, the supreme object of reverence even for the gods.
The broader setting is Prabhāsakṣetra (Somnāth/Prabhāsa region), within the Nyaṅkumatī Māhātmya narrative.
Japa (repetition of Śiva’s name) and stuti/namaskāra (praise and bowing) are presented as devotional acts of surrender.