Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
देव्युवाच । कोऽयं सांबः सुतः कस्य यस्य नाम्ना रवेः पुरम् । यस्य वाऽयं सहस्रांशुर्वरदः पुण्यकर्मणः
devyuvāca | ko'yaṃ sāṃbaḥ sutaḥ kasya yasya nāmnā raveḥ puram | yasya vā'yaṃ sahasrāṃśurvaradaḥ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ
Die Göttin sprach: „Wer ist dieser Sāmba, wessen Sohn ist er, nach dessen Namen die Stadt der Sonne benannt wird? Und für wen wird diese tausendstrahlige Sonne zum Spender von Gaben, als Antwort auf verdienstvolle Taten?“
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Sāṃbapura (eponymous city)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara
Scene: Devī, poised and luminous, questions Īśvara about Sāmba; behind them, a faint vision of Sāṃbapura and the thousand-rayed Sun as a boon-giver, indicating the story about to unfold.
FAQs
Merit (puṇya) and sacred association (a tīrtha linked to a devotee) become causes for divine favor and boon-bestowal.
The narrative context is Prabhāsakṣetra; the verse also alludes to a Sun-associated city named after Sāmba (Sāmbapura).
None explicitly; the focus is on puṇya-karma as the basis for Sūrya’s boon-giving.