Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
चित्र उवाच । प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं भास्करं गगनाधिपम् । आदिदेवं जगन्नाथं पापघ्नं रोगनाशनम्
citra uvāca | praṇamya śirasā devaṃ bhāskaraṃ gaganādhipam | ādidevaṃ jagannāthaṃ pāpaghnaṃ roganāśanam
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Citra
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Citra, with bowed head, addresses Bhāskara as sky-lord and world-lord; the sun’s disc dominates the firmament while the devotee’s posture emphasizes humility and trust in healing grace.
FAQs
Humble prostration and praise of Sūrya is presented as a dhārmic means to reduce sin and overcome afflictions.
The verse opens a praise within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya context, framing Sūrya’s glory as linked to sacred geography that follows in subsequent verses.
A devotional act is implied: bowing (praṇāma) and stuti (hymn/praise) to Bhāskara.