Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
हरेण निर्मितः पूर्वं येन तिष्ठति निश्चलः । प्रसादात्तव लोकाश्च त्रयः संतु निरामयाः
hareṇa nirmitaḥ pūrvaṃ yena tiṣṭhati niścalaḥ | prasādāttava lokāśca trayaḥ saṃtu nirāmayāḥ
جو پہلے ہری نے بنایا تھا اور جو بے جنبش قائم ہے—تیری کرپا سے تینوں لوک نِرامَے رہیں، ہر دکھ اور روگ سے پاک ہوں۔
Sahasrākṣa (Indra)
Tirtha: Arbuda Devī-sthāna (with ‘Hari-nirmita’ sthira-adhisthāna implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Indra gestures toward an ancient, unmoving sacred form/seat said to be fashioned by Hari, then offers a benediction: by Devī’s grace may the three worlds be free of disease and distress.
FAQs
Cosmic well-being depends on divine grace; devotion seeks not only personal gain but welfare of all worlds.
The Arbuda region’s Devī presence, framed as a tīrtha-mahātmya within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No explicit rite; it is a benedictory prayer (āśīrvāda) arising from stuti.