Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
उपस्थानं तु वै कृत्वा मंत्रेणानेन सुव्रते । उदुत्यं जातवेदसमिति मंत्रः संपरिकीर्तितः
upasthānaṃ tu vai kṛtvā maṃtreṇānena suvrate | udutyaṃ jātavedasamiti maṃtraḥ saṃparikīrtitaḥ
ഹേ സുവ്രതേ! ഈ മന്ത്രംകൊണ്ട് ഉപസ്ഥാനം നിർവഹിച്ചു—‘ഉദുത്യം ജാതവേദസം’—എന്ന ഈ മന്ത്രം ഇവിടെ പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-upasthāna with Ṛgvedic mantra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Suvratā / virtuous interlocutor addressed
Scene: The worshipper stands in respectful posture (añjali) before the installed Sūrya on the lotus pedestal; the rising Sun is visible; the mantra ‘ud utyaṃ jātavedasam’ is being chanted, with rays depicted as lines touching the devotee and altar.
FAQs
Purāṇic worship is rooted in Vedic speech; mantra-recitation sanctifies presence and attention before the deity.
The mantra-instruction appears within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, integrating Vedic Sūrya-stuti into Prabhāsa practice.
Perform upasthāna (formal attendance) using the Vedic mantra beginning ‘ud utyaṃ jātavedasam’.