Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57
उदगादयमादित्यो ह्यनेनापि तृतीयकम् । तत्सवितुर्वरेण्येति चतुर्थं परिकीर्तितम्
udagādayamādityo hyanenāpi tṛtīyakam | tatsaviturvareṇyeti caturthaṃ parikīrtitam
“ഉദഗാദയമാദിത്യഃ…” എന്ന മന്ത്രത്തോടെ മൂന്നാം ബീജവും വിന്യസിക്കണം. “തത്സവിതുർവരേണ്യം…” എന്നതാൽ നാലാം ബീജം പ്രസ്താവിതമാണ്.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional tone)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The sun rises over the western sea at Prabhāsa; a devotee chants 'udagād ayam ādityaḥ' as the third bīja is set, then transitions into the Gāyatrī 'tat savitur vareṇyam' for the fourth, visualized as a golden light entering the forehead (ājñā).
FAQs
Classic Vedic solar invocations are integrated into Purāṇic worship to align practice with sacred revelation.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where Āditya worship is taught as a sanctifying rite.
Assigning/reciting the third and fourth seeds using “udagād ayam ādityaḥ…” and “tat savitur vareṇyam…”.