Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
सूर्यस्य देवि नामानि रहस्यानि शृणुश्व मे । अलं नामसहस्रेण पठस्वैनं शुभं स्तवम्
sūryasya devi nāmāni rahasyāni śṛṇuśva me | alaṃ nāmasahasreṇa paṭhasvainaṃ śubhaṃ stavam
O Göttin, höre mich an—die geheimen Namen Sūryas. Genug der tausend Namen; rezitiere stattdessen diesen glückverheißenden Hymnus.
Unspecified (addressing a देवी, likely Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-nāma-rahasya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’, ‘varānanā’)
Scene: The narrator gestures as if to begin a hymn; Devī listens; a manuscript or rosary is present; Sūrya’s emblem shines above, indicating the ‘secret names’ about to be recited.
FAQs
Focused, potent praise (stotra) can be presented as more practical and effective than sheer length of recitation.
The hymn is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, aligning Sūrya praise with Prabhāsa’s sacred setting.
Recitation (pāṭha) of an auspicious Sūrya-stava, preferred over a lengthy nāmasahasra in this context.