Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40
ॐ नमो भानवे भर्त्रेऽब्जभौमसोमरू पिणे । एवं नत्वाऽर्चयित्वा तु इमां स्तुतिमथो पठेत्
oṃ namo bhānave bhartre'bjabhaumasomarū piṇe | evaṃ natvā'rcayitvā tu imāṃ stutimatho paṭhet
ഓം—ഭാനുവിന് നമസ്കാരം; അംബുജഭവൻ, ഭൗമൻ, സോമൻ എന്നീ രൂപങ്ങളായ പ്രഭു-ഭർത്താവിന് നമസ്കാരം. ഇങ്ങനെ നമസ്കരിച്ചു ആരാധിച്ച്, പിന്നെ ഈ സ്തുതി പാരായണം ചെയ്യുക।
Narrator prescribing worship and stuti-recitation
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-arcana context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya
Scene: A worshipper faces the rising sun at Prabhāsa, hands folded, offering arghya; nearby a small altar with flowers and lamp; the hymn is about to be recited after bowing and worship.
FAQs
Pilgrimage dharma unites devotion and procedure: salutation, worship, and praise together sanctify the rite and the place.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where worship and hymns are integrated into ancestor and tīrtha rites.
Perform namaskāra and arcana, then recite a stuti (hymn) as part of the prescribed sequence.