Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87
अनादिनिधनं देवमव्यक्तं तेजसां निधिम् । ये भक्तास्ते च लीयंते सौरस्थाने निरामये
anādinidhanaṃ devamavyaktaṃ tejasāṃ nidhim | ye bhaktāste ca līyaṃte saurasthāne nirāmaye
সেই দেৱ অনাদি-অনন্ত, অব্যক্ত, তেজৰ ভঁৰাল। যিসকল ভক্ত, তেওঁলোকো নিৰাময় সৌৰস্থানত লীন হয়।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages
Tirtha: Saurasthāna (Sūrya-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūrya as an immense, formless radiance behind the icon—an ocean of light; devotees dissolve into that brilliance, leaving no bodily outline, signifying laya into a nirāmaya abode.
FAQs
The Sun is praised as transcendent radiance; devotion culminates in union with a divine, affliction-free state.
Not a terrestrial tīrtha; it exalts Saurasthāna (the Sun’s spiritual abode) as the devotees’ destination.
No specific rite; it emphasizes bhakti (devotion) as the decisive means.