Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
चन्द्र उवाच । परं क्षीणोऽस्मि देवेश यक्ष्मणाहं पदांतिकम् । प्राप्तस्तस्मात्परित्राहि नान्यत्संप्रार्थयाम्यहम्
candra uvāca | paraṃ kṣīṇo'smi deveśa yakṣmaṇāhaṃ padāṃtikam | prāptastasmātparitrāhi nānyatsaṃprārthayāmyaham
Candra said: O Lord of the gods, I am utterly weakened; by yakṣmā I have been brought to the very brink. Therefore, save me—I ask for nothing else.
Candra
Tirtha: प्रभास
Type: kshetra
Listener: महादेव (देवेश)
Scene: क्षीण-चन्द्रः—कान्ति-हीन, कृश-देह, श्वेत-पीत-वर्ण-क्षय; शिवस्य सम्मुखे दीन-भावेन प्रार्थयति; पृष्ठभूमौ प्रभास-तट/मन्दिर-दीपाः।
FAQs
Single-pointed surrender—asking only for protection and refuge in God—is portrayed as the highest form of prayer.
The prayer is situated within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra episode of the Tīrthamāhātmya.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a direct supplication (prārthanā) expressing śaraṇāgati.
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