Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
तस्य संस्तूयमानस्य तेजः सोमस्य भास्वतः । आप्यायमानं लोकांस्त्रीन्भासयामास सर्वशः
tasya saṃstūyamānasya tejaḥ somasya bhāsvataḥ | āpyāyamānaṃ lokāṃstrīnbhāsayāmāsa sarvaśaḥ
Khi Soma rực rỡ ấy đang được tán tụng, quang huy của Ngài—càng lúc càng tăng trưởng—đã chiếu soi khắp ba cõi, lan tỏa mọi phương.
Likely Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Soma stands praised by sages; his cool, radiant aura swells like a moon becoming full, sending beams in all directions that touch heaven, earth, and the nether realms—depicted as three layered cosmic bands.
FAQs
Praise (stuti) magnifies divine presence; when divinity is honored, its grace becomes universally beneficial.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where Soma’s brilliance is depicted as world-illuminating—underscoring the site’s sanctity.
The verse implies stotra/stuti as a sacred act, but gives no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna instruction.