Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
सर्वकामप्रदं नृणां पूजितं विधिवन्नरैः । सप्तम्यां च विधानेन यः स्तोष्यति रविं नरः
sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ pūjitaṃ vidhivannaraiḥ | saptamyāṃ ca vidhānena yaḥ stoṣyati raviṃ naraḥ
यह तीर्थ मनुष्यों को समस्त कामनाएँ प्रदान करने वाला है और विधिपूर्वक नर-नारियों द्वारा पूजित होता है। जो पुरुष सप्तमी तिथि को विधानानुसार रवि की स्तुति करता है…
Śiva (continuation of ‘Īśvara uvāca’ in Adhyāya 279)
Tirtha: Cyavanārka
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Pilgrims worship the Sun at a shrine at dawn on Saptamī, offering arghya, flowers, and lamps; the Sun’s rays crown the sanctum, signifying sarva-kāma-pradāna.
FAQs
Ritual performed with vidhī (proper method) and stuti (praise) becomes spiritually efficacious and yields both worldly and dharmic fulfillment.
The context is Cyavanārka within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as sarva-kāma-prada when worshipped correctly.
Praise/worship of Ravi on Saptamī, performed ‘by vidhāna’ (prescribed procedure).
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