Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
पुरुषा ऊचुः । वयं ते भास्करा ब्रह्मंस्त्रयोऽत्रैव समागताः । त्वद्भक्त्याकृष्टमनसो ब्रूहि किं करवामहे
puruṣā ūcuḥ | vayaṃ te bhāskarā brahmaṃstrayo'traiva samāgatāḥ | tvadbhaktyākṛṣṭamanaso brūhi kiṃ karavāmahe
പുരുഷന്മാർ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ഭാസ്കരാ! ഹേ പൂജ്യ ബ്രാഹ്മണാ! നിങ്ങളുടെ ഭക്തിയാൽ ആകർഷിതരായി ഞങ്ങൾ മൂന്നു ഭാസ്കരന്മാർ ഇവിടെ തന്നേ ഒന്നിച്ചുകൂടിയിരിക്കുന്നു. പറയുക, ഞങ്ങൾ എന്ത് ചെയ്യണം?
Puruṣāḥ (the three Bhāskaras / Sun-manifestations speaking)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Three radiant figures identified as Bhāskaras stand before an austere brāhmaṇa; they speak with folded hands, acknowledging they were drawn by his devotion and asking for instruction.
FAQs
Devotion (bhakti) has the power to draw divine presence; sincere worship invites grace and guidance.
A tīrtha within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 76), where Bhāskara manifests and grants sānnidhya due to a devotee’s faith.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse sets up the divine instruction that follows in subsequent ślokas.