Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69
संस्नाप्य भास्करं स्थाणुं तत्पुरः शतरुद्रियम् । जपन्सामोक्तरुद्रांश्च भव रुद्रांस्तथा जपन् । प्राणरुद्रांस्तथा नीलान्स्कन्दसूक्तसमन्वितान्
saṃsnāpya bhāskaraṃ sthāṇuṃ tatpuraḥ śatarudriyam | japansāmoktarudrāṃśca bhava rudrāṃstathā japan | prāṇarudrāṃstathā nīlānskandasūktasamanvitān
भास्कर व स्थाणू यांचे अभिषेक करून, त्यांच्या समोर शतरुद्रीयाचा जप केला; तसेच सामोक्त रुद्रमंत्र, आणि भव-रुद्र, प्राण-रुद्र व नीलरूप—स्कंदसूक्तासह—जपत राहिला।
Viśvāmitra (narrating)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārthiva (king)
Scene: A tapasvin performs abhiṣeka to two icons—Sūrya radiant and Śiva as Sthāṇu—then chants with rosary and Vedic posture; sacred fire and water nearby; attendants hold vessels.
FAQs
Purification is strengthened by mantra and worship: abhiṣeka and Rudra-japa align the seeker with Śiva’s grace and Skanda’s protective power.
The practices occur within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting, continuing its māhātmya through the description of worship and japa.
Ritual bathing/ablution of Bhāskara and Sthāṇu, recitation of Śatarudrīya, and japa of multiple Rudra-hymn cycles including Skanda-sūkta.