Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवं स्तुता सुरैः सर्वैस्ततो देवी प्रहर्षिता । तानब्रवीद्वरं सर्वा गृह्णंतु मम देवताः
pulastya uvāca | evaṃ stutā suraiḥ sarvaistato devī praharṣitā | tānabravīdvaraṃ sarvā gṛhṇaṃtu mama devatāḥ
Pulastya dit : Ainsi louée par tous les dieux, la Déesse fut comblée de joie. Alors la suprême Devī leur déclara : «Que mes êtres divins reçoivent une grâce.»
Pulastya
Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pulastya narrates as the Devī, pleased by the collective hymn of the gods, smiles and offers a boon; devas stand with folded hands, their faces relieved; the atmosphere shifts from fierce grandeur to benevolent grace.
FAQs
Sincere praise and devotion (stuti) culminate in divine grace, expressed as the granting of a boon for restoring dharma.
The setting remains Arbuda within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; the verse is narrative rather than a direct tīrtha-panegyric.
No explicit ritual; it models stuti as a devotional act that invites divine favour.