Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
केचित्स्तुतिं प्रकुर्वन्ति भावयज्ञैस्तथा परे । केचित्पूजां च कुर्वन्ति अहिंसाकुसुमैः शुभैः
kecitstutiṃ prakurvanti bhāvayajñaistathā pare | kecitpūjāṃ ca kurvanti ahiṃsākusumaiḥ śubhaiḥ
کچھ لوگ حمد و ثنا کے بھجن پڑھتے تھے، اور کچھ بھاو یَجْن کے طور پر باطنی عبادت کرتے۔ کچھ لوگ اہنسا کے مبارک ‘پھولوں’ سے بھی پوجا کرتے تھے—یعنی بے آزاری سے جنم لینے والے پاکیزہ اعمال سے۔
Narrator (Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Groups of devotees sing hymns; others sit with closed eyes offering an inner ‘bhāva-yajña’; a gentle scene shows worshippers presenting symbolic ‘flowers’ labeled as compassion and non-violence, emphasizing moral radiance over material display.
FAQs
True worship includes inner offering (bhāva) and ethical purity—especially ahiṃsā—presented as the finest ‘flowers’ for the Divine.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, portrayed as a place where both external worship and inner devotion flourish.
Stuti (hymns), bhāva-yajña (devotional inner sacrifice), and pūjā using ‘ahiṃsā-kusuma’—worship grounded in non-violence.