Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
येनासुराश्चापि दनोश्च पुत्रा विद्याधरोरगगणैश्च वृताः समग्राः । संयोजिता न तु फलं फलमूलमुक्तास्तं शंकरं शरणदं शरणं व्रजामि
yenāsurāścāpi danośca putrā vidyādharoragagaṇaiśca vṛtāḥ samagrāḥ | saṃyojitā na tu phalaṃ phalamūlamuktāstaṃ śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi
Er, der selbst die Asuras—Söhne der Danu—mitsamt den Scharen der Vidyādharas und Nāgas gänzlich in Zucht vereinte; doch sie nicht von den Früchten des Karma entband, da sie „Frucht und Wurzel“ des Begehrens nicht aufgaben—zu jenem Śaṅkara, dem Spender des Schutzes, nehme ich Zuflucht.
Dhruva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: Assemblies of Asuras (sons of Danu), Vidyādharas, and Nāgas stand in ordered ranks under Śiva’s unseen/manifest authority; a symbolic depiction of discipline without full release from desire.
FAQs
Without renouncing the ‘fruit and root’ of attachment, beings remain bound; Śiva is praised as the power who can yoke and liberate.
The hymn is situated within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, though this verse is doctrinal rather than geographic.
Implicit counsel toward niṣkāma-bhakti and renunciation of karmaphala; expressed through stotra-recitation and surrender.