Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46
रविरुवाच । देवदेव जगतांपते विभो भर्ग भीम भव चंद्रभूषण । भूतनाथ भवभीतिहारक त्वां नतोस्मि नतवांछितप्रद
raviruvāca | devadeva jagatāṃpate vibho bharga bhīma bhava caṃdrabhūṣaṇa | bhūtanātha bhavabhītihāraka tvāṃ natosmi natavāṃchitaprada
रवि म्हणाला— हे देवदेव, जगत्पते, सर्वव्यापी विभो! हे भर्ग, हे भीम, चंद्रभूषण भव! हे भूतनाथ, भवभयहर! मी तुला नमस्कार करतो—तू नतांच्या वांछित इच्छा पूर्ण करणारा आहेस।
Sūrya (Ravi)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Śiva as Bhavabhītihāraka)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva (Tryambaka/Pinākin)
Scene: Sūrya speaks a formal stotra before Śiva: Devadeva, Jagatpati, Bharga, Bhīma, Bhava with crescent moon—Śiva stands tranquil yet awe-inspiring, granting refuge.
FAQs
Śiva is the refuge who removes saṃsāra-fear; surrender (namaskāra) opens the way to protection and fulfilled aspirations.
Though the verse is a hymn, it belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s praise of Śiva’s accessible lordship in Vārāṇasī.
The implied practice is stotra-pāṭha (recitation of praise) and namaskāra (bowing) to Śiva.