Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
तस्य संस्तूयमानस्य तेजः सोमस्य भास्वतः । आप्यायमानं लोकांस्त्रीन्भासयामास सर्वशः
tasya saṃstūyamānasya tejaḥ somasya bhāsvataḥ | āpyāyamānaṃ lokāṃstrīnbhāsayāmāsa sarvaśaḥ
ครั้นเมื่อโสมผู้รุ่งเรืองนั้นกำลังถูกสรรเสริญ รัศมีของพระองค์ก็ยิ่งทวีขึ้น และส่องสว่างไตรโลกย์ไปทั่วทุกทิศทาง
Likely Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Soma stands praised by sages; his cool, radiant aura swells like a moon becoming full, sending beams in all directions that touch heaven, earth, and the nether realms—depicted as three layered cosmic bands.
FAQs
Praise (stuti) magnifies divine presence; when divinity is honored, its grace becomes universally beneficial.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where Soma’s brilliance is depicted as world-illuminating—underscoring the site’s sanctity.
The verse implies stotra/stuti as a sacred act, but gives no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna instruction.