Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
नमो नमस्तेस्तु मनोरमाय नमोस्तु ते साधुभयापहाय । नमोस्तु ते बालकृताचलाय नमोनमो नाशय देवशत्रून्
namo namastestu manoramāya namostu te sādhubhayāpahāya | namostu te bālakṛtācalāya namonamo nāśaya devaśatrūn
নমো নমস্তে, হে মনোৰম প্ৰভু; নমস্কাৰ তোমাক, হে সাধুজনৰ ভয় অপসাৰক। নমস্কাৰ তোমাক, হে বালক যিয়ে পৰ্বতকো নত কৰে; নমো নমো—হে দেৱ! দেৱশত্ৰুসকলক বিনাশ কৰা।
Deva-bards (continuation of the stuti)
Listener: Skanda (as addressed), with devas as witnesses
Scene: Devotees with folded hands offer repeated salutations to youthful Skanda; the righteous stand behind him fearless; mountains symbolically bow, indicating the child’s cosmic authority; a subdued host of deva-enemies dissolves in his presence.
FAQs
Devotion expresses itself as surrender and praise; the righteous seek Skanda as fear-dispeller and defender of divine order.
No specific pilgrimage site is mentioned; it is a direct prayer to Skanda.
No explicit rite is prescribed; it models prayer (namaskāra) and supplication for the removal of hostile forces.