Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
तस्मान्नित्यमनुद्विग्नः शांतिकं कुरु भूपते । येन सर्वे ग्रहाः सौम्या जायंते च शुभावहाः
tasmānnityamanudvignaḥ śāṃtikaṃ kuru bhūpate | yena sarve grahāḥ saumyā jāyaṃte ca śubhāvahāḥ
Kaya nga, O hari, manatiling payapa at di nababagabag sa lahat ng panahon, at isagawa ang ritwal na pampayapa (śānti), upang ang lahat ng graha ay maging maamo at maghatid ng mapalad na bunga.
Brāhmaṇas (advising the King)
Listener: Bhūpati (the king)
Scene: Brāhmaṇas counsel the king to remain untroubled and to perform daily śānti; the scene shifts from anxiety to calm, with graha symbols softening in expression (saumya).
FAQs
Inner steadiness plus dharmic action (śānti rites) is taught as the right response to fear and omens.
A particular tīrtha is not identified in this verse; it remains within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya setting.
Performance of śāntika (pacificatory ritual) to render the grahas saumyāḥ (benevolent).
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