Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
पश्चात्तत्पुरतस्तेषां समस्तान्येकविंशतिः । आदित्यव्रत संज्ञानि तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
paścāttatpuratasteṣāṃ samastānyekaviṃśatiḥ | ādityavrata saṃjñāni tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu
അതിനുശേഷം അവരുടെ സന്നിധിയിൽ ‘ആദിത്യവ്രതം’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമായ ആകെ ഇരുപത്തൊന്ന് വ്രതങ്ങളുണ്ട്; അവയുടെ പുണ്യഫലം കേൾക്കുക।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Before the assembled Twelve Ādityas, a teacher-priest gestures as if enumerating observances; a scroll or palm-leaf manuscript is present; devotees listen, preparing to undertake vratas.
FAQs
Disciplined vows (vratas) structured as a sequence are portrayed as a systematic path to accruing puṇya and spiritual uplift.
The vratas are taught in the setting of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra where the Ādityas are installed.
A set of twenty-one observances termed Āditya-vratas is introduced, with a promise to explain their merits.