Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89
अर्घदानैश्च विधिवत्सौरेः स्तोत्रजपैरपि । एवं समाराधयतस्तस्यार्को वरदोभवत्
arghadānaiśca vidhivatsaureḥ stotrajapairapi | evaṃ samārādhayatastasyārko varadobhavat
ಮತ್ತೆ ವಿಧಿವತ್ತಾಗಿ ಅರ್ಘ್ಯವನ್ನು ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿ, ಸೌರ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಗಳ ಜಪದಿಂದಲೂ ಅವನು ಹೀಗೆ ಸಮಾರಾಧಿಸಿದನು; ಆಗ ಅರ್ಕ (ಸೂರ್ಯ) ಅವನಿಗೆ ವರದಾತನಾದನು।
Skanda (narration to Agastya, per Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)
Scene: A devotee at dawn offers arghya to the rising Sun, hands cupped with water streaming in a shining arc, while softly chanting stotras and counting japa beads.
FAQs
Rule-guided worship (vidhi) combined with heartfelt praise (stotra) and mantra practice (japa) draws divine grace.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), presented as a preeminent field where devotion quickly bears fruit.
Offering arghya to Sūrya, along with Saura stotra-recitation and japa.