Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 77
हंसो भानुः सहस्रांशुस्तपनस्तापनो रवि । विकर्तनो विवस्वांश्च विश्वकर्मा विभावसुः
haṃso bhānuḥ sahasrāṃśustapanastāpano ravi | vikartano vivasvāṃśca viśvakarmā vibhāvasuḥ
ഹംസം, ഭാനു, സഹസ്രാംശു, തപന, താപന, രവി; വികർത്തന, വിവസ്വാൻ, വിശ്വകർമ്മാ, വിഭാവസു—ഇവ സൂര്യന്റെ നാമങ്ങളാണ്।
Skanda
Scene: A litany scene: a priest or pilgrim counts a mālā at sunrise, reciting Sūrya’s names; the sun’s rays spread like a thousand spokes; subtle iconography of seven horses hinted in the sky.
FAQs
Remembering the deity through many epithets is a form of devotion (nāma-saṅkīrtana) that gathers merit and focus.
The hymn occurs within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered framework, where stotra and japa are celebrated as especially meritorious.
Implicitly, recitation/chanting of Sūrya’s names (nāma-japa or stuti).