Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
इति संस्तूय वरदं शूलपाणिमुमापतिम् । प्रणिपत्य उमापुत्रो नमोनम उवाच ह
iti saṃstūya varadaṃ śūlapāṇimumāpatim | praṇipatya umāputro namonama uvāca ha
இவ்வாறு வரமளிக்கும் உமாபதி, சூலபாணி இறைவனைப் போற்றி, உமையின் புதல்வன் சாஷ்டாங்கமாக வணங்கி மீண்டும் மீண்டும்—“நமோ நமः” என்று உரைத்தான்.
Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Scene: Skanda, identified as Umāputra, bows fully at Śiva’s feet; Śiva as Śūlapāṇi and Umāpati stands/sits in varada-bhāva; the scene is calm, concluding a hymn.
FAQs
True praise culminates in humility—prostration and repeated remembrance of the divine as the giver of boons.
No site is mentioned; the verse bridges the hymn to the ensuing dialogue and blessings.
Praṇipāta (prostration) and repeated salutations are modeled as core devotional practices.