Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86
करवीरैर्जपाभिश्च गंधकैः किंशुकैः शुभैः । रक्तोत्पलैरशोकैश्च स समानर्च भास्करम्
karavīrairjapābhiśca gaṃdhakaiḥ kiṃśukaiḥ śubhaiḥ | raktotpalairaśokaiśca sa samānarca bhāskaram
Avec des karavīra, des japa, des fleurs parfumées, les auspiciennes kiṃśuka, des lotus rouges et des fleurs d’aśoka, il adora comme il se doit Bhāskara, le Soleil.
Skanda
Tirtha: Vimalāditya/Bradhna (Sūrya) in Kāśī
Type: temple
Listener: Muni (unnamed sage)
Scene: Vimala offers a profusion of red and auspicious blossoms—karavīra, japā, kiṃśuka, red lotuses, and aśoka—arranged before the radiant Sun, creating a vivid altar of color and fragrance.
FAQs
Devotion is expressed through beauty and purity of offerings; ordered, respectful worship is portrayed as spiritually potent.
The worship supports the Vimalāditya-related sacred setting in Kāśī, where Āditya devotion is celebrated.
Pūjā to Bhāskara using specified flowers (karavīra, japā, fragrant blossoms, kiṃśuka, red lotus, aśoka).