Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
शनैश्चरं स्मरेद्देवं नित्यं भक्तिसमन्वितः । पूजयित्वा पठेत्स्तोत्रं तस्य तुष्यति भास्करिः
śanaiścaraṃ smareddevaṃ nityaṃ bhaktisamanvitaḥ | pūjayitvā paṭhetstotraṃ tasya tuṣyati bhāskariḥ
ভক্তিসহ নিত্যে দেৱ শনৈশ্চৰক স্মৰণ কৰা উচিত; পূজা কৰি স্তোত্ৰ পাঠ কৰিলে ভাস্কৰী (সূৰ্যশক্তি) তাত সন্তুষ্ট হয়।
Narrator voice within Īśvara’s discourse (Śiva continues speaking)
Tirtha: Śanaiścara-related sthāna in Prabhāsa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī) (implied by surrounding address)
Scene: A devotee performs a modest Śani pūjā—oil lamp, black sesame offering—then recites a hymn; above, a radiant solar aura (‘Bhāskari’) softens, indicating cosmic harmony achieved through devotion.
FAQs
Devotion expressed through remembrance, worship, and recitation harmonizes cosmic influences and brings divine favor.
Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a field where graha-devatā devotion bears tangible spiritual protection.
Nitya-smaraṇa (daily remembrance) of Śani, followed by pūjā and stotra-pāṭha (hymn recitation).