Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 202
स्थानं शाश्वतमोजसां गतिरपां दीपो दिशामक्षयः सिद्धेर्द्वारमपावभेदि जगतां साधारणं लोचनम् । हैमं पुष्करमंतरिक्षसरसो दीप्तं दिवः कुण्डलं कालोन्मानविभावनाक्षतलयं बिंबं रवेः पातु वः
sthānaṃ śāśvatamojasāṃ gatirapāṃ dīpo diśāmakṣayaḥ siddherdvāramapāvabhedi jagatāṃ sādhāraṇaṃ locanam | haimaṃ puṣkaramaṃtarikṣasaraso dīptaṃ divaḥ kuṇḍalaṃ kālonmānavibhāvanākṣatalayaṃ biṃbaṃ raveḥ pātu vaḥ
汝らを守護せよ、太陽の赫々たる円輪よ——光輝の永遠の住処、水の行路にして帰依、方位の不滅の灯、垢を破って成就（シッディ）へ至る門、諸世界に共通の眼。中空の湖に咲く黄金の蓮のごとく、天の輝く耳飾りのごとく、時を知る尺度のごとし——その御前には、ついには壊れぬと思われたものさえ融け去る。
Narratorial eulogy (stuti) within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context
Tirtha: Arkasthala (Sūrya-sthala) in Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī and the implied audience (‘vaḥ’)
Scene: A vast cosmic Sun-disc radiates over the mid-sky like a golden lotus; directions lit as by an imperishable lamp; waters drawn into their course; time-wheels implied; the hymn culminates in a protective blessing.
FAQs
Sūrya is praised as the universal witness and purifier—illumination (outer and inner) is presented as the force that removes impurity and enables siddhi.
The verse functions within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, thereby supporting the sanctity of Prabhāsa-kṣetra while extolling the Sun as its cosmic emblem.
No explicit rite is stated here; it is a protective stuti intended for recitation, aligning with devotional praise (stotra) rather than a specific vrata or dāna.