Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
देव्युवाच । मण्डलस्थः सुरश्रेष्ठ विधिना येन भास्करः । पूज्यते मानवैर्भक्त्या स विधिः कथितस्त्वया
devyuvāca | maṇḍalasthaḥ suraśreṣṭha vidhinā yena bhāskaraḥ | pūjyate mānavairbhaktyā sa vidhiḥ kathitastvayā
ദേവി പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദേവശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! മണ്ഡലസ്ഥനായ ഭാസ്കരനെ മനുഷ്യർ ഭക്തിയോടെ പൂജിക്കുന്ന വിധി നിങ്ങൾ പറഞ്ഞുതന്നിരിക്കുന്നു.
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara/Śaṅkara
Scene: Devī respectfully addressing Śaṅkara, acknowledging the previously taught rite; the maṇḍala of Bhāskara subtly present as a sacred diagram between them.
FAQs
Devotion (bhakti) combined with proper rite (vidhi) makes worship of the Sun spiritually effective.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), presented in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s māhātmya.
Worship of Bhāskara in a maṇḍala (ritual circle), performed according to a stated procedure (vidhi).