Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
सा श्रुत्वा तां तदा वाणीं समुत्तस्थौ समुमध्यमा । देवमाराधयामास दिवानक्तमतंद्रिता । व्रतैर्दानैर्जपैर्होमैरुपवासैस्तथा परैः
sā śrutvā tāṃ tadā vāṇīṃ samuttasthau samumadhyamā | devamārādhayāmāsa divānaktamataṃdritā | vratairdānairjapairhomairupavāsaistathā paraiḥ
ಆ ವಾಣಿಯನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ಆ ಸుమಧ್ಯಮೆ ತಕ್ಷಣ ಎದ್ದು ನಿಂತಳು. ಆಲಸ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಹಗಲು-ರಾತ್ರಿ ದೇವರನ್ನು ಆರಾಧಿಸಿದಳು—ವ್ರತ, ದಾನ, ಜಪ, ಹೋಮ, ಉಪವಾಸ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ಆಚರಣೆಗಳಿಂದ.
Narrator (contextual)
Scene: Rati, now resolute, performs continuous worship—offering oblations into fire, counting beads for japa, giving gifts, observing fasts—through day and night.
FAQs
Consistent, multi-limbed devotion (vows, charity, mantra, homa, fasting) is praised as a complete path to divine favor.
The narrative belongs to Arbuda-khaṇḍa, framing the glory of the Kāmeśvara-Śiva context on Arbuda mountain.
Vrata (vows), dāna (charity), japa (recitation), homa (fire-offering), and upavāsa (fasting) are explicitly listed.