Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
ततः सर्वप्रयत्नेन तमाराधय भास्करम् । प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य मोक्ष्यसे नात्र संशयः
tataḥ sarvaprayatnena tamārādhaya bhāskaram | prasādāddevadevasya mokṣyase nātra saṃśayaḥ
فلذلك، وبكل جهدٍ، اعبد بهاسكارا (إله الشمس). وبنعمة إله الآلهة ستُعتَق—لا شكّ في ذلك.
Vasiṣṭha (implied adviser)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārthiva / Rājā
Scene: A teacher/narrator points the afflicted king toward the rising Sun; the Sun appears as Bhāskara with radiant horses, while the king prepares for worship with intense resolve.
FAQs
Steadfast worship, done with full effort, becomes a direct means to divine grace and liberation.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is implied as the sacred context where Sūrya worship is especially efficacious.
Ārādhana (devotional propitiation) of Bhāskara—regular worship as the core practice.