Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
यस्य प्रणम्य चरणौ वरदस्य भक्त्या श्रुत्वा च वाग्भिरमलाभिरतंद्रिताभिः । दीप्तस्तमांसि नुदति स्वकरैर्विवस्वांस्तं शंकरं शरणदं शरणं व्रजामि
yasya praṇamya caraṇau varadasya bhaktyā śrutvā ca vāgbhiramalābhirataṃdritābhiḥ | dīptastamāṃsi nudati svakarairvivasvāṃstaṃ śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi
Je prends refuge en Śaṅkara, dispensateur d’asile : lui dont les pieds, qui accordent les grâces, lorsqu’on s’y prosterne avec bhakti, et dont on entend le Nom par des paroles de louange pures et infatigables, chasse les ténèbres comme le soleil éclatant par ses rayons.
Dhruva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee bows at Śiva’s boon-giving feet; luminous rays emanate like the sun, pushing away darkness; the air is filled with pure hymns, steady and tireless.
FAQs
Devotional surrender and pure praise of Śiva dispel inner darkness (ignorance) as surely as the sun dispels night.
The stotra is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, supporting Prabhāsa as a place of purification through Śiva-bhakti.
Praṇāma (bowing to Śiva’s feet) and stotra-śravaṇa/pāṭha (hearing/reciting pure hymns).