Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61
एभिः परिवृतो योऽसावधरोत्तरवासिभिः । तमहं लोककर्तारमाह्वयामि तमोपहम्
ebhiḥ parivṛto yo'sāvadharottaravāsibhiḥ | tamahaṃ lokakartāramāhvayāmi tamopaham
जो अधोलोक और ऊर्ध्वलोक में रहने वाले इन सब से घिरा है, उस लोककर्ता, तम-नाशक प्रभु का मैं आवाहन करता हूँ।
Nārada (as the mantra-voice / instruction)
Scene: The officiant stands within a mandala-like circle of beings ‘above and below’—celestials overhead, subterranean nāgas below—while a central, formless radiance (the invoked lokakartṛ) dispels darkness like dawn breaking in a sanctum.
FAQs
Invoking Sūrya is invoking the cosmic source of light and order—outer light and inner clarity that dispels tamas.
No tīrtha is named; the verse functions as a universal invocation within the arghya-mantra.
The mantra culminates in an explicit āhvāna (invocation) of Sūrya as lokakartā and tamopaha while offering arghya.