Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
दिनकृद्दिनहृन्मौनी सुरथो रथिनांवरः । राज्ञीपतिः स्वर्णरेताः पूषा त्वष्टा दिवाकरः
dinakṛddinahṛnmaunī suratho rathināṃvaraḥ | rājñīpatiḥ svarṇaretāḥ pūṣā tvaṣṭā divākaraḥ
彼は昼を造り、昼の闇を払い除ける者。沈黙の牟尼。吉祥なる御者スラタ、乗り手の中の最勝。王権の力ラージニーの主、黄金の精と黄金の光輝を具える。さらにプーシャン（養う者）、トヴァシュトリ（天の工匠）、そしてディヴァーカラ（昼光を生む者）である。
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: Sūrya as the charioteer-lord: a splendid chariot emerging at dawn, darkness receding; the deity is paradoxically ‘silent’—calm gaze, still posture—while motion and light surge outward.
FAQs
The Sun is praised as the cosmic regulator who dispels darkness outwardly and inwardly, sustaining dharma through light and order.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a nāma-stuti (name-hymn) within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s devotional framing.
No direct ritual is stated here; the implied practice is nāma-japa or stotra-pāṭha of Sūrya’s names for merit and auspiciousness.