Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
स तु सांबस्य देवेशि सूर्यो विष्णुस्वरूपवान् । अपरां मूर्तिमास्थाय विष्णुरूपो वरं ददौ
sa tu sāṃbasya deveśi sūryo viṣṇusvarūpavān | aparāṃ mūrtimāsthāya viṣṇurūpo varaṃ dadau
O Goddess, for Sāmba’s sake the Sun—bearing the very form of Viṣṇu—assumed another manifestation; taking on the appearance of Viṣṇu, he granted a boon.
Unspecified in snippet (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Aparanārāyaṇa / Sāmbāditya vicinity
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: For Sāmba’s sake, the Sun-god, embodying Viṣṇu’s form, assumes another manifestation and grants a boon; Śiva narrates this to Devī.
FAQs
The divine responds compassionately to devotion, and deities may reveal unity of forms (Sūrya appearing as Viṣṇu) to bless the devotee.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the context of the Aparanārāyaṇa greatness narrative within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it narrates the granting of a boon through divine manifestation.