Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
भक्तिर्भयोऽनघश्चैव हंसो नारायणस्तथा । विभुश्चैव प्रभुश्चैव साध्या द्वादश कीर्तिताः
bhaktirbhayo'naghaścaiva haṃso nārāyaṇastathā | vibhuścaiva prabhuścaiva sādhyā dvādaśa kīrtitāḥ
ভক্তি, ভয় আৰু অনঘ; হংস আৰু নাৰায়ণ; বিভু আৰু প্ৰভুও—এইদৰে দ্বাদশ সাধ্য দেৱতা বুলি কীৰ্তিত হৈছে।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: A addressed female interlocutor appears in adjacent verse (varavarṇinī), suggesting a dialogic narration continuing here.
Scene: A luminous assembly of Sādhyas in orderly ranks, each bearing subtle emblems of their names (Bhakti with folded hands, Bhaya with vigilant gaze, Anagha with spotless aura, Haṃsa with swan motif, Nārāyaṇa with conch-disc, Vibhu/Prabhu with sovereign radiance), set against the sea-lit horizon of Prabhāsa.
FAQs
Devotion (Bhakti) and reverent awe (Bhaya) are elevated as divine realities; remembering such names refines faith within Purāṇic Dharma.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching setting; the verse itself is a canonical naming of the Sādhyas.
No explicit rite is stated; the implied practice is śravaṇa/smaraṇa—hearing and remembering sacred names.