Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
तेनैव विधिना विप्र तस्यापि दिवसेशितुः । पूजां करोमि मध्याह्ने श्रद्धा पूतेन चेतसा
tenaiva vidhinā vipra tasyāpi divaseśituḥ | pūjāṃ karomi madhyāhne śraddhā pūtena cetasā
Wahai brāhmaṇa, dengan tata cara yang sama itu, aku pun melakukan pemujaan kepada Sang Penguasa siang, Dewa Surya, pada tengah hari, dengan batin yang disucikan oleh śraddhā.
Devotee/narrated first-person voice addressing a brāhmaṇa (vipra)
Tirtha: Dina-īśa/Sūrya worship (associated station)
Type: ghat
Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa) explicitly addressed
Scene: At blazing midday, a devotee offers arghya and flowers to the Sun, standing near a shrine or open courtyard, mind composed and luminous.
FAQs
Ritual becomes efficacious when performed consistently and inwardly—faith purifies the mind, making worship spiritually potent.
The chapter’s sacred setting continues; the emphasis is on regulated worship within the tīrtha circuit associated with Muṇḍīrasvāmin/Sūrya.
Midday pūjā of Sūrya, following the same established procedure (vidhi), performed with śraddhā.