Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68
उद्बुध्यध्वं महादेवि बुधं तत्र सदार्चयेत् । बृहस्पतेति मन्त्रेण पूजयेत्सततं गुरुम्
udbudhyadhvaṃ mahādevi budhaṃ tatra sadārcayet | bṛhaspateti mantreṇa pūjayetsatataṃ gurum
‘উদ্বুধ্যধ্বং’—হে মহাদেবী—এইদৰে তাত বুধক সদায় অর্চনা কৰিব। ‘বৃহস্পতেঃ’ মন্ত্রেৰে গুৰুক (বৃহস্পতিকে) সতত পূজা কৰিব।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘mahādevi’)
Scene: The worshipper raises hands in invocation—‘Awaken!’—before a green Budha icon; nearby a golden Guru (Bṛhaspati) is honored with steady lamp and yellow offerings; the mandala is complete and radiant.
FAQs
Awakening (bodha) and right counsel (guru) are sacred aims—honoring Budha and Guru symbolizes cultivating discernment and wisdom.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where continuous worship is recommended as a source of auspiciousness.
Regular worship of Budha with an awakening-call mantra, and worship of Guru with the ‘bṛhaspate’ mantra.