Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । तुष्टुवुस्तां महाशक्तिं भयहन्त्रीं प्रहर्षिताः
etasminneva kāle tu sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | tuṣṭuvustāṃ mahāśaktiṃ bhayahantrīṃ praharṣitāḥ
Naquele mesmo momento, todos os deuses—junto com Vāsava (Indra)—louvaram com alegria aquela Grande Potência, destruidora do medo.
Pulastya
Tirtha: Varaparvata
Type: peak
Listener: King (narādhipa)
Scene: A jubilant celestial congregation: Indra and the devas, garlanded and radiant, stand with folded hands before the Great Śakti on the mountain-seat, singing hymns; the atmosphere is charged with relief as fear dissolves.
FAQs
Stuti (praise) is a dharmic response to divine grace; the Goddess is approached as the remover of भय (fear).
The praise is part of the Arbuda/Varaparvata episode, reinforcing that kṣetra’s sanctity.
No formal ritual is prescribed, though the act of stuti is itself a devotional practice.