Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 187
Merit of Causeways and Crossings, Temple Construction Rewards, and the Rudrākṣa Mahātmya
रुद्राक्षं द्वादशास्यं यः कंठदेशे तु धारयेत् । आदित्यस्तुष्यते नित्यं द्वादशास्ये व्यवस्थितः
rudrākṣaṃ dvādaśāsyaṃ yaḥ kaṃṭhadeśe tu dhārayet | ādityastuṣyate nityaṃ dvādaśāsye vyavasthitaḥ
જે ગળાના પ્રદેશમાં દ્વાદશમુખી રુદ્રાક્ષ ધારણ કરે છે, તે દ્વાદશમુખમાં સ્થિત આદિત્ય (સૂર્યદેવ) સદા પ્રસન્ન રહે છે।
Unspecified (narratorial/instructional voice within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa context)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: आदित्यस्तुष्यते = आदित्यः + तुष्यते (ः + त → स्त)
FAQs
It recommends wearing a twelve-faced rudrākṣa (dvādaśāsya rudrākṣa) specifically at the throat/neck region (kaṇṭha-deśa).
Āditya (Surya, the Sun) is said to be continually pleased when the twelve-faced rudrākṣa is worn.
The verse presents a devotional principle: sincere, embodied religious observance (dhāraṇa—wearing a sacred bead) is linked with divine favor, here expressed as the Sun deity’s ongoing satisfaction.