Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 40
एवं ज्ञात्वा विधानेन जपन्मन्त्रं विचक्षणः । आराधयेद्रविं भक्त्या य इच्छेत्पुण्यमुत्तमम्
evaṃ jñātvā vidhānena japanmantraṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ | ārādhayedraviṃ bhaktyā ya icchetpuṇyamuttamam
ഇതു അറിഞ്ഞ്, വിധിപൂർവം മന്ത്രം ജപിക്കുന്ന വിവേകി, ഉത്തമ പുണ്യം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ ഭക്തിയോടെ രവി (സൂര്യൻ)നെ ആരാധിക്കണം.
Narrative voice within Revā-khaṇḍa (context attributes earlier promise to Śiva)
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)
Type: ghat
Scene: A discerning devotee performs sunrise worship: seated facing east, chanting the mantra with a mālā, offering arghya to the rising Sun over the river; the scene emphasizes order, purity, and devotion.
FAQs
Right knowledge joined to correct practice (vidhāna) and devotion (bhakti) leads to the highest puṇya.
The instruction is embedded in the Revā-khaṇḍa pilgrimage setting, linking Sūrya worship to the tīrtha-circuit of the Revā (Narmadā).
Mantra-japa performed according to vidhāna, together with devotional worship (ārādhanā) of Ravi (Sūrya).