Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17
सा श्रुत्वा तां तदा वाणीं समुत्तस्थौ समुमध्यमा । देवमाराधयामास दिवानक्तमतंद्रिता । व्रतैर्दानैर्जपैर्होमैरुपवासैस्तथा परैः
sā śrutvā tāṃ tadā vāṇīṃ samuttasthau samumadhyamā | devamārādhayāmāsa divānaktamataṃdritā | vratairdānairjapairhomairupavāsaistathā paraiḥ
وہ آواز سن کر، باریک کمر والی وہ فوراً اٹھ کھڑی ہوئی۔ پھر اس نے دن رات بے تھکے دیو کی عبادت کی—ورت، دان، جپ، ہوم، اُپواس اور دیگر انुष्ठانوں کے ساتھ۔
Narrator (contextual)
Scene: Rati, now resolute, performs continuous worship—offering oblations into fire, counting beads for japa, giving gifts, observing fasts—through day and night.
FAQs
Consistent, multi-limbed devotion (vows, charity, mantra, homa, fasting) is praised as a complete path to divine favor.
The narrative belongs to Arbuda-khaṇḍa, framing the glory of the Kāmeśvara-Śiva context on Arbuda mountain.
Vrata (vows), dāna (charity), japa (recitation), homa (fire-offering), and upavāsa (fasting) are explicitly listed.