Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
आदित्यः पालयेत्सर्वमादित्यः सृजते सदा । आदित्यः संहरेत्सर्वं तस्मादेष त्रयीमयः
ādityaḥ pālayetsarvamādityaḥ sṛjate sadā | ādityaḥ saṃharetsarvaṃ tasmādeṣa trayīmayaḥ
ആദിത്യൻ സർവ്വത്തെയും പാലിക്കുന്നു, ആദിത്യൻ നിത്യം സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്നു; ആദിത്യൻ സർവ്വത്തെയും സംഹരിക്കുന്നു—അതുകൊണ്ട് അവൻ ത്രയീ-വേദമയൻ।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Sūrya enthroned in a radiant mandala, three emanations around him symbolizing creation, preservation, and dissolution; Vedic triad represented by Ṛg/Yajus/Sāman scrolls or three chanting ṛṣis.
FAQs
The Sun is presented as a total theological principle—creation, preservation, and dissolution—hence worthy of Vedic reverence and ritual worship.
The doctrine supports the sanctity of Arkasthala in Prabhāsakṣetra as a place where Vedic Sūrya worship is especially fitting.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse provides the Vedic-theological basis (trayīmaya) for subsequent worship procedures.