Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55
अद्य मे सफलं जन्म सफलं च तपः प्रभो । देवत्वमद्य मे ब्रह्मंस्त्वत्प्रसादाद्भविष्यति
adya me saphalaṃ janma saphalaṃ ca tapaḥ prabho | devatvamadya me brahmaṃstvatprasādādbhaviṣyati
Ó Senhor, hoje o meu nascimento frutificou, e também a minha austeridade se cumpriu. Ó Brahmā, hoje a minha obtenção do estado divino acontecerá—pela tua graça.
Candra (Soma)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Somēśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: The devotee, overwhelmed, proclaims that birth and austerity are fulfilled today; Brahmā is addressed as the granter of divine status through grace, with a sense of auspicious culmination.
FAQs
Austerity becomes truly fruitful when sealed by divine grace and directed toward sacred, dharmic purpose.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, implied as the place where Soma’s tapas reaches fruition.
No explicit procedure; it anticipates the forthcoming consecration and its merit (devatva) through grace.