Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
तस्मिन्निपतिते देवि पुत्रेत्रेः परमात्म नि । तुष्टुवुर्ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा मानसाः सप्त ये श्रुताः
tasminnipatite devi putretreḥ paramātma ni | tuṣṭuvurbrahmaṇaḥ putrā mānasāḥ sapta ye śrutāḥ
Lorsque le fils d’Atri, à l’âme suprême, fut ainsi descendu, ô Déesse, les sept fils nés de l’esprit de Brahmā—célèbres dans la tradition—le louèrent par des hymnes.
Brahmā (continuation addressing ‘devi’ and narrating his own actions)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha region)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: In Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the seven mind-born sons of Brahmā (Sanaka and others) stand in a semicircle, hands in añjali, offering hymns to the newly descended Soma (Atri’s son), whose body glows with cool lunar radiance.
FAQs
When the divine is established in the world, the wise respond with stuti (praise), affirming sacred order and gratitude.
Prabhāsakṣetra, as the sacred narrative context for Soma’s descent and the ensuing praises.
Implicitly, stuti (hymnic praise) is modeled as a devotional response, though no formal rite is prescribed.