Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
ततश्चक्रे पिता नाम वटेश्वर इति स्वयम् । वटस्थेन यतो दत्तः संतुष्टेनांशुमालिना
tataścakre pitā nāma vaṭeśvara iti svayam | vaṭasthena yato dattaḥ saṃtuṣṭenāṃśumālinā
Daraufhin gab der Vater ihm selbst den Namen „Vaṭeśvara“, weil er von Aṃśumālī (dem Sonnengott) gewährt worden war, der, am Banyanbaum (vaṭa) verweilend, zufrieden war.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Vaṭeśvara (vaṭa-sthala memorial name)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The father performs naming, declaring the child ‘Vaṭeśvara’, with the banyan and the Sun’s remembered presence implied.
FAQs
Sacred places are remembered through name-etymologies that bind deity, tree, and boon into a living tradition of worship.
The Vaṭa-associated Sūrya presence that gives rise to the name Vaṭeśvara and the later fame of Vaṭāditya.
No direct rite; it explains the sacred naming connected to Sūrya’s boon at the banyan.