Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
दिनकृद्दिनहृन्मौनी सुरथो रथिनांवरः । राज्ञीपतिः स्वर्णरेताः पूषा त्वष्टा दिवाकरः
dinakṛddinahṛnmaunī suratho rathināṃvaraḥ | rājñīpatiḥ svarṇaretāḥ pūṣā tvaṣṭā divākaraḥ
He is the Maker of the day and the Remover of the day’s darkness; the Silent Sage; the Auspicious Charioteer, the best among riders; the Lord of the Queen (the sovereign power), of golden seed and radiance; Pūṣan the Nourisher, Tvaṣṭṛ the Divine Artisan, and Divākara, the Maker of daylight.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: Sūrya as the charioteer-lord: a splendid chariot emerging at dawn, darkness receding; the deity is paradoxically ‘silent’—calm gaze, still posture—while motion and light surge outward.
FAQs
The Sun is praised as the cosmic regulator who dispels darkness outwardly and inwardly, sustaining dharma through light and order.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a nāma-stuti (name-hymn) within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s devotional framing.
No direct ritual is stated here; the implied practice is nāma-japa or stotra-pāṭha of Sūrya’s names for merit and auspiciousness.