Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38
निरीक्ष्य मेदिनीं सर्वां सपर्वतससागराम् । आद्यं सनातनं देवं भास्करं त्रिगुणात्मकम्
nirīkṣya medinīṃ sarvāṃ saparvatasasāgarām | ādyaṃ sanātanaṃ devaṃ bhāskaraṃ triguṇātmakam
Nachdem er die ganze Erde — mit Bergen und Meeren — überschaut hatte, versenkte er sich in Bhāskara, den uranfänglichen und ewigen Gott, dessen Wesen die drei Guṇas sind.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-śikhara (as contemplation-station)
Type: peak
Scene: From the summit, the brāhmaṇa looks over a vast world of mountains and seas, then turns inward to visualize Bhāskara as ancient, eternal, and guṇa-formed—radiant yet philosophically subtle.
FAQs
From a sanctified vantage, the pilgrim turns cosmic sight into meditation on the eternal divine principle (Bhāskara).
The summit of Vastrāpathakṣetra, portrayed as a place enabling expansive vision and contemplation.
No explicit rite; it presents dhyāna/contemplation of Bhāskara as the spiritual act.