Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
नमो नमस्तेस्तु मनोरमाय नमोस्तु ते साधुभयापहाय । नमोस्तु ते बालकृताचलाय नमोनमो नाशय देवशत्रून्
namo namastestu manoramāya namostu te sādhubhayāpahāya | namostu te bālakṛtācalāya namonamo nāśaya devaśatrūn
நமோ நமஸ்தே, ஓ மனோஹரனே; நமோ உமக்கு, ஓ சாதுஜனங்களின் அச்சத்தை அகற்றுபவனே. நமோ உமக்கு, ஓ பாலரூபனே—அசலத்தையும் வணங்கச் செய்பவனே; நமோ நமः—ஹே தேவா, தேவர்களின் பகைவரை அழித்தருளும்।
Deva-bards (continuation of the stuti)
Listener: Skanda (as addressed), with devas as witnesses
Scene: Devotees with folded hands offer repeated salutations to youthful Skanda; the righteous stand behind him fearless; mountains symbolically bow, indicating the child’s cosmic authority; a subdued host of deva-enemies dissolves in his presence.
FAQs
Devotion expresses itself as surrender and praise; the righteous seek Skanda as fear-dispeller and defender of divine order.
No specific pilgrimage site is mentioned; it is a direct prayer to Skanda.
No explicit rite is prescribed; it models prayer (namaskāra) and supplication for the removal of hostile forces.