Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
अग्निर्जातः स भूतानां मनुष्यासुररक्षसाम् । सर्वदेवाधिदेवश्च आदित्यस्तेन चोच्यते
agnirjātaḥ sa bhūtānāṃ manuṣyāsurarakṣasām | sarvadevādhidevaśca ādityastena cocyate
അവൻ സകല ജീവികൾക്കും—മനുഷ്യർ, അസുരർ, രക്ഷസുകൾക്കും—അഗ്നിയായി ഭവിച്ചു; സർവദേവാധിദേവനായതിനാൽ അവനെ ‘ആദിത്യൻ’ (സൂര്യൻ) എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്നു।
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) within Revā Khaṇḍa
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The radiant being is shown as twofold: as Agni—flame rising from an altar touching all classes of beings—and as Āditya—sun-disc crowned, presiding over gods, casting equal light on humans, asuras, and rākṣasas.
FAQs
The Sun is not merely a planet but a divine principle: the universal fire and the sovereign power sustaining all classes of beings.
Not a single tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as Sūrya-stuti within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred geography.
No explicit rite here; it establishes the theological basis for Sūrya-pūjā and related vows.