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
ॐ—भानुला नमस्कार; अब्जभव, भौम व सोम-रूप धारण करणाऱ्या त्या प्रभु-भर्त्यास नमस्कार। असे नतमस्तक होऊन पूजन करून मग ही स्तुती पठावी।
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.