Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18
ऋषय उचुः । ज्योतिर्मय नमस्तेऽस्तु नमस्ते हरिवल्लभ । सुदर्शन नमस्तेऽस्तु सहस्राराऽक्षराऽव्यय
ṛṣaya ucuḥ | jyotirmaya namaste'stu namaste harivallabha | sudarśana namaste'stu sahasrārā'kṣarā'vyaya
Para resi berkata: “Wahai Yang Bercahaya, sembah sujud kepada-Mu; sembah sujud kepada-Mu, kekasih Hari. Wahai Sudarśana, sembah sujud kepada-Mu—berjejari seribu, kekal, tidak binasa.”
Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages / Brahmaputras in context)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: A circle of sages with folded hands chant before a hovering, radiant Sudarśana chakra—thousand-spoked, emitting concentric flames and light, as if a miniature sun.
FAQs
Devotional surrender to the Lord’s protective śakti: praising Sudarśana affirms faith in dharma’s invincible guardianship.
Dvārakā’s māhātmya context frames this hymn-like praise as part of the city’s sacred encounter with Viṣṇu’s power.
Recitation of salutations (namas) functions as stotra-style worship; explicit materials are not specified in this verse.