Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52
सांबसांब महावाहो शृणु गोविन्दनन्दने । स्तोत्रेणानेन तुष्टोऽहं वरं ब्रूहि यदीप्सितम्
sāṃbasāṃba mahāvāho śṛṇu govindanandane | stotreṇānena tuṣṭo'haṃ varaṃ brūhi yadīpsitam
হে সাম্ব, সাম্ব, মহাবাহো—শুনা, হে গোবিন্দ-নন্দন। এই স্তোত্ৰে মই সন্তুষ্ট; যি বৰ তোমাৰ ইচ্ছিত, কোৱা।
Sūrya (Śrī Bhānu)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Sāmba
Scene: Sūrya (Śrī Bhānu) appears radiant, pleased by Sāmba’s hymn; the deity invites the devotee to ask for a boon in the sacred landscape of Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Devotional praise (stotra) is portrayed as a direct means to divine favor and the granting of boons.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the implied sacred landscape where the hymn’s efficacy is demonstrated.
The text highlights stotra-recitation as the effective spiritual act leading to a boon.