Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
एवं च ध्यायतस्तस्य कालेन महता ततः । तुतोष भगवान्सूर्यो वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह
evaṃ ca dhyāyatastasya kālena mahatā tataḥ | tutoṣa bhagavānsūryo vākyametaduvāca ha
ഇങ്ങനെ ദീർഘകാലം ധ്യാനത്തിൽ ലീനനായിരുന്ന അവനോട് ഭഗവാൻ സൂര്യൻ പ്രസന്നനായി ഈ വചനങ്ങൾ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു.
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; introduces Sūrya’s speech)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: After a long period of meditation, the solar radiance intensifies; Sūrya, personified and majestic, turns toward the ascetic and begins to speak, the air shimmering with light.
FAQs
Persistent meditation and devotion ripen into divine satisfaction and direct guidance.
Prabhāsakṣetra, the famed sacred region celebrated in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No new rite is prescribed here; it highlights sustained dhyāna leading to Sūrya’s pleasure.