Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
सांब उवाच । नमस्त्रैलोक्यदीपाय नमस्ते तिमिरापह । नमः पंकजनाथाय नमः कुमुदशत्रवे
sāṃba uvāca | namastrailokyadīpāya namaste timirāpaha | namaḥ paṃkajanāthāya namaḥ kumudaśatrave
সাম্ব ক’লে: ত্ৰিলোকৰ দীপক তোমাক নমস্কাৰ; হে তিমিৰনাশক, তোমাক নমস্কাৰ। পদ্মনাথক নমস্কাৰ; হে কুমুদ-শত্রু (ৰাত্ৰিৰ পদ্মৰ বৈৰী), তোমাক নমস্কাৰ।
Sāmba
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sūrya
Scene: Sāmba stands with folded hands, addressing Sūrya as the lamp of three worlds; lotus blooms open in sunlight while night-lotuses close, dramatizing ‘kumuda-śatru’.
FAQs
Divine light (Sūrya) is praised as the remover of inner and outer darkness; devotion begins with humility and clear epithets of the deity.
The setting is Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa), within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya section.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the act emphasized is stuti (praise) of Sūrya.