Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
स्वशरीरमालभेत् अनेन मंत्रेण । ओंखखोल्काय नमः । सप्तवारानुच्चार्य स्थातव्यम् । तेन शुद्धिरुपसंजायते देहस्यार्चार्हता भवति । पश्चादासनस्थं देवं सवितारं मंडलमध्ये द्वादशात्मकं सुरादिभिः संपूज्यमानं ध्यात्वा पूर्वोक्तमर्घपात्रं शिरसि कृत्वा भूमौ जानुनी निपात्य सूर्याभिमुखस्तद्गतमनाभूत्वार्घमंत्रमुदाहरेत् । तदुच्यते सूर्यवक्त्राद्विनिर्गतमिति
svaśarīramālabhet anena maṃtreṇa | oṃkhakholkāya namaḥ | saptavārānuccārya sthātavyam | tena śuddhirupasaṃjāyate dehasyārcārhatā bhavati | paścādāsanasthaṃ devaṃ savitāraṃ maṃḍalamadhye dvādaśātmakaṃ surādibhiḥ saṃpūjyamānaṃ dhyātvā pūrvoktamarghapātraṃ śirasi kṛtvā bhūmau jānunī nipātya sūryābhimukhastadgatamanābhūtvārghamaṃtramudāharet | taducyate sūryavaktrādvinirgatamiti
Debe tocar o ungir su propio cuerpo con este mantra: «Oṃ, reverencia a Khakholkā». Tras recitarlo siete veces, debe permanecer firme; así surge la pureza y el cuerpo se vuelve apto para el culto. Luego, meditando en Savitṛ sentado en su asiento dentro del mandala como la deidad de doce aspectos, venerada por los dioses, debe colocar sobre la cabeza el recipiente de arghya preparado, arrodillarse en tierra mirando al Sol con la mente absorta en él y recitar el arghya-mantra, del que se dice que brotó de la propia boca del Sol.
Nārada
Scene: A devotee at sunrise, body anointed while softly repeating a mantra; a mandala on the ground with Savitṛ visualized enthroned within it, twelvefold radiance; the devotee lifts the copper ārghya vessel to the crown of the head, kneels, and offers facing the Sun.
FAQs
Inner and outer purity, dhyāna, and mantra together make the offering a direct act of communion with Sūrya.
No specific site is named; the passage teaches a standardized worship sequence (vidhi) for Sūrya.
Recite a purification mantra seven times, meditate on twelvefold Savitṛ, kneel facing the Sun, hold the arghya vessel reverently, and recite the arghya-mantra.