Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88
प्रचुक्रोश दयां भोधिमापन्नानां परायणम् । नारायणं चक्रपाणिं रक्षरक्षेति वै मुहुः
pracukrośa dayāṃ bhodhimāpannānāṃ parāyaṇam | nārāyaṇaṃ cakrapāṇiṃ rakṣarakṣeti vai muhuḥ
เขาร้องเรียกนารายณ์ผู้ทรงจักร ผู้เป็นมหาสมุทรแห่งเมตตาและที่พึ่งของผู้ทุกข์ยาก ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่าว่า “โปรดคุ้มครอง โปรดคุ้มครอง!”
Sūta (narrating Gālava’s prayer, deduced)
Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setubandha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Gālava, seized, raises his voice and mind toward the sky; a subtle chakra-like radiance or Vishnu’s presence is suggested above, while the rākṣasa recoils slightly at the sacred name.
FAQs
Śaraṇāgati—calling the Lord as the compassionate refuge—is presented as the highest response to fear.
Setukṣetra’s sanctified landscape, where devotion is shown as immediately efficacious.
Repeated divine-name invocation (protect-me prayer) is implied as a devotional act.