Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87
अनादिनिधनं देवमव्यक्तं तेजसां निधिम् । ये भक्तास्ते च लीयंते सौरस्थाने निरामये
anādinidhanaṃ devamavyaktaṃ tejasāṃ nidhim | ye bhaktāste ca līyaṃte saurasthāne nirāmaye
その神は始まりも終わりもなく、未顕現（アヴィヤクタ）にして、光輝の宝蔵である。信愛の者たちは、病患なき太陽の住処に溶け入り合一する。
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages
Tirtha: Saurasthāna (Sūrya-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūrya as an immense, formless radiance behind the icon—an ocean of light; devotees dissolve into that brilliance, leaving no bodily outline, signifying laya into a nirāmaya abode.
FAQs
The Sun is praised as transcendent radiance; devotion culminates in union with a divine, affliction-free state.
Not a terrestrial tīrtha; it exalts Saurasthāna (the Sun’s spiritual abode) as the devotees’ destination.
No specific rite; it emphasizes bhakti (devotion) as the decisive means.