Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64
एवं विज्ञापनं दद्यादनेन मंत्रेण कमलासनम् । तत्कमलासनं कमलनंदन उपाविशति । आसन उपविष्टस्य शेषां पूजां नियोजयेत् अनेन विधानेन । ओंसोममूर्तिक्षीरोदपतये नमः । इति क्षीरादिस्नपनम् । ओंभास्कराय नीरव सिने नमः । इति जलस्नानम् ततो वासोयुगं शुभ्रं दद्यात् अनेन मंत्रेण । इदं वासोयुगं सूर्य गृहाण कृपया मम । कटिभूषणमेकं ते द्वितीयं चांगप्रावरणम्
evaṃ vijñāpanaṃ dadyādanena maṃtreṇa kamalāsanam | tatkamalāsanaṃ kamalanaṃdana upāviśati | āsana upaviṣṭasya śeṣāṃ pūjāṃ niyojayet anena vidhānena | oṃsomamūrtikṣīrodapataye namaḥ | iti kṣīrādisnapanam | oṃbhāskarāya nīrava sine namaḥ | iti jalasnānam tato vāsoyugaṃ śubhraṃ dadyāt anena maṃtreṇa | idaṃ vāsoyugaṃ sūrya gṛhāṇa kṛpayā mama | kaṭibhūṣaṇamekaṃ te dvitīyaṃ cāṃgaprāvaraṇam
Après avoir ainsi présenté la requête respectueuse, on offrira un siège de lotus avec ce mantra. Le Seigneur assis sur le lotus, Sūrya, joie du lotus, s’y installe. Lorsqu’Il est assis, on ordonnera le reste du culte selon cette prescription. «Oṃ — salutations au Seigneur de l’Océan de Lait, dont la forme est Soma» : tel est le bain au lait et autres substances. «Oṃ — salutations à Bhāskara, le paisible» : tel est le bain d’eau. Puis on offrira une paire de vêtements blancs et purs avec ce mantra : «Ô Sūrya, daigne accepter de moi cette paire d’étoffes : l’une comme ornement de la taille, la seconde comme voile pour les membres.»
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Scene: A golden-hued Sūrya is invited to a lotus-seat; attendants prepare kṣīra-abhiṣeka and jala-snāna; two spotless white garments are offered, one tied at the waist and one draped over the limbs; ritual vessels gleam, and the altar is orderly and luminous.
FAQs
Devotion is expressed through orderly hospitality—seat, bath, and clothing—affirming the deity’s living presence and the worshipper’s humility.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; it is a ritual manual-style passage for Sūrya-pūjā.
Offer a lotus-seat, perform milk-bathing and water-bathing with mantras, then offer a pair of white garments as waist-ornament and body-covering.