Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
देव्युवाच । मण्डलस्थः सुरश्रेष्ठ विधिना येन भास्करः । पूज्यते मानवैर्भक्त्या स विधिः कथितस्त्वया
devyuvāca | maṇḍalasthaḥ suraśreṣṭha vidhinā yena bhāskaraḥ | pūjyate mānavairbhaktyā sa vidhiḥ kathitastvayā
قالت الإلهة: «يا خيرَ الآلهة، لقد شرحتَ الطقسَ الذي به يُعبَد بهاسكَرا (الشمس)، المقيمُ في ماندالا المقدّسة، من قِبَل البشر بعبادةٍ مفعمةٍ بالتفاني.»
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara/Śaṅkara
Scene: Devī respectfully addressing Śaṅkara, acknowledging the previously taught rite; the maṇḍala of Bhāskara subtly present as a sacred diagram between them.
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Devotion (bhakti) combined with proper rite (vidhi) makes worship of the Sun spiritually effective.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), presented in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s māhātmya.
Worship of Bhāskara in a maṇḍala (ritual circle), performed according to a stated procedure (vidhi).