Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
यः पठेत्स्तवमिदं रुचिरार्थं मानवो ध्रुवकृतं नियतात्मा । विप्रसंसदि सदा शुचिसिद्धः स प्रयाति शिवलोकमनादिम्
yaḥ paṭhetstavamidaṃ rucirārthaṃ mānavo dhruvakṛtaṃ niyatātmā | viprasaṃsadi sadā śucisiddhaḥ sa prayāti śivalokamanādim
നിയതാത്മാവായി ധ്രുവൻ രചിച്ച ഈ രുചിരാർത്ഥസ്തവം പാരായണം ചെയ്യുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ, വിപ്രസഭയിൽ സദാ ശുചിയും സിദ്ധനും ആയി, അനാദിയായ ശിവലോകം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।
Narrator (phalaśruti for Dhruva’s stotra)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A self-controlled devotee recites Dhruva’s ornate hymn before a Śiva-liṅga at Prabhāsa, surrounded by seated brāhmaṇas; the atmosphere is pure, lamp-lit, with the sea-breeze of the western coast implied.
FAQs
Disciplined recitation of Śiva-stotra with purity leads to the highest goal—Śiva’s realm—showing bhakti as a liberating dharma.
The phalaśruti belongs to the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya setting, where Dhruva’s hymn is transmitted.
Stotra-pāṭha (recitation) with niyama (self-restraint) and śauca (purity), ideally in a sacred/learned assembly (viprasaṃsad).