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
Jene Gottheit ist ohne Anfang und ohne Ende, unmanifest, ein Schatz der Strahlenpracht. Wer ihr in Bhakti ergeben ist, der geht auch ein in die Wohnstatt der Sonne, frei von allem Leid und Gebrechen.
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.