Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
सूर्यपुत्र नमस्तेऽस्तु भास्करे भयदायक । अधोदृष्टे नमस्तुभ्यं वपुःश्याम नमोऽस्तु ते
sūryaputra namaste'stu bhāskare bhayadāyaka | adhodṛṣṭe namastubhyaṃ vapuḥśyāma namo'stu te
హే సూర్యపుత్రా! నీకు నమస్కారం; హే భాస్కరా, అధర్ములకు భయదాయకుడా! హే అధోదృష్టా, నీకు నమస్కారం; హే శ్యామవపూ, నీకు ప్రణామం।
Narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (deductively: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa stands with folded hands, offering a Saturn-stuti; Śani appears as a dark-bodied, downward-gazing graha-deva, austere and formidable, holding emblems of restraint and judgment; the sea-coast tīrtha atmosphere frames the scene.
FAQs
Divine ‘fear’ is a moral medicine: it restrains adharma and redirects one toward accountability and right conduct.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where graha-stotras are embedded in pilgrimage theology and dharmic reform.
No explicit rite; implied practice is namaskāra and stotra-recitation.