द्वादशात्मा सप्तहयो भास्करो हस्करः खगः । सुरः प्रभाकरः श्रीमांल्लोकचक्षुर्ग्रहेश्वरः
dvādaśātmā saptahayo bhāskaro haskaraḥ khagaḥ | suraḥ prabhākaraḥ śrīmāṃllokacakṣurgraheśvaraḥ
Dvādaśātmā, Saptahaya, Bhāskara, Haskara, Khaga ; Sura, Prabhākara, Śrīmān, Lokacakṣus et Graheśvara — tels sont les noms sacrés du Soleil.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Sūrya-arghya context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Iconic Sūrya on a chariot with seven horses, crowned and radiant; below, Kāśī pilgrims at ghāṭas; a ring of twelve solar emblems around him signifying dvādaśātmā.
Sūrya is honored as the cosmic regulator—lord of planetary order and the ‘eye of the world’—worthy of daily remembrance.
The passage belongs to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, situating the praise within Kāśī’s sacred geography and devotional culture.
Chanting these Sūrya-names as devotional recitation.