Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
उद्यन्नद्य मित्रमहः प्रथममक्षरं जपेत् । द्वितीयं पूजयेद्देवि शुकेषु मे हरिमेति वै
udyannadya mitramahaḥ prathamamakṣaraṃ japet | dvitīyaṃ pūjayeddevi śukeṣu me harimeti vai
“उद्यन्नद्य मित्रमहः” इत्यनेन मन्त्रेण प्रथमं बीजाक्षरं जपेत्। द्वितीयं तु, हे देवि, “शुकेषु मे हरिम्” इत्यनेन पूजयेत्।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional tone)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A ritualist at dawn chants solar-tinged Vedic lines while placing/visualizing bīja syllables; a second phase shows offering to a deity-form associated with the second bīja; the sky brightens over the coastal shrine.
FAQs
Spiritual practice becomes powerful when done in the proper sequence with focused recitation.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where the text teaches stepwise mantra-bīja placement and worship.
Japa of the first akṣara with “udyann adya mitramahaḥ…”, and worship of the second with “śukeṣu me hariḥ…”.