Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
अपि नः स कुले धन्यो जायते कुलपावनः । भाग्यवान्भक्तिभावेन येन भानुरुपासितः
api naḥ sa kule dhanyo jāyate kulapāvanaḥ | bhāgyavānbhaktibhāvena yena bhānurupāsitaḥ
ഞങ്ങളുടെ കുലത്തിൽ ഭക്തിഭാവത്തോടെ ഭാനു (സൂര്യൻ)നെ ഉപാസിച്ചവൻ തന്നെയാണ് ധന്യൻ; അവൻ കുലപാവനനായി ജന്മിക്കുന്നു, സത്യത്തിൽ ഭാഗ്യവാൻ അവൻ തന്നേ।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (with Bhānu/Gopyāditya worship)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A household lineage scene: elders and youth together at dawn offering arghya to the rising sun; ancestral figures subtly shown in the background receiving light, symbolizing kula-pāvana.
FAQs
Devotional worship of the Sun is portrayed as so elevating that it sanctifies not only the devotee but also the devotee’s family line.
The larger frame is the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, linking Sun-worship to the sanctity of Prabhāsa.
The prescription is upāsanā (worship) of Bhānu with bhakti-bhāva (devotional intent).