Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
नमो नमस्तेस्तु मनोरमाय नमोस्तु ते साधुभयापहाय । नमोस्तु ते बालकृताचलाय नमोनमो नाशय देवशत्रून्
namo namastestu manoramāya namostu te sādhubhayāpahāya | namostu te bālakṛtācalāya namonamo nāśaya devaśatrūn
نمو نمستے، اے دلکش پروردگار؛ سلام ہو آپ کو، اے نیکوں کے خوف کو دور کرنے والے۔ سلام ہو آپ کو، اے وہ بالک جو پہاڑوں کو بھی جھکا دے؛ نمو نمو—اے دیو! دیوتاؤں کے دشمنوں کو نیست و نابود کر۔
Deva-bards (continuation of the stuti)
Listener: Skanda (as addressed), with devas as witnesses
Scene: Devotees with folded hands offer repeated salutations to youthful Skanda; the righteous stand behind him fearless; mountains symbolically bow, indicating the child’s cosmic authority; a subdued host of deva-enemies dissolves in his presence.
FAQs
Devotion expresses itself as surrender and praise; the righteous seek Skanda as fear-dispeller and defender of divine order.
No specific pilgrimage site is mentioned; it is a direct prayer to Skanda.
No explicit rite is prescribed; it models prayer (namaskāra) and supplication for the removal of hostile forces.