Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
यस्य प्रणम्य चरणौ वरदस्य भक्त्या श्रुत्वा च वाग्भिरमलाभिरतंद्रिताभिः । दीप्तस्तमांसि नुदति स्वकरैर्विवस्वांस्तं शंकरं शरणदं शरणं व्रजामि
yasya praṇamya caraṇau varadasya bhaktyā śrutvā ca vāgbhiramalābhirataṃdritābhiḥ | dīptastamāṃsi nudati svakarairvivasvāṃstaṃ śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi
Eu me refugio em Śaṅkara, doador de amparo: aquele cujos pés, que concedem dádivas, quando reverenciados com devoção, e cujo Nome é ouvido por palavras de louvor puras e incansáveis, afasta as trevas como o sol radiante com seus raios.
Dhruva
FAQs
Devotional surrender and pure praise of Śiva dispel inner darkness (ignorance) as surely as the sun dispels night.
The stotra is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, supporting Prabhāsa as a place of purification through Śiva-bhakti.
Praṇāma (bowing to Śiva’s feet) and stotra-śravaṇa/pāṭha (hearing/reciting pure hymns).