Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
नामाष्टशतमाख्यातं तच्छृणुष्व महामते । सूर्योऽर्यमा भगस्त्वष्टा पूषाऽर्कः सविता रविः
nāmāṣṭaśatamākhyātaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva mahāmate | sūryo'ryamā bhagastvaṣṭā pūṣā'rkaḥ savitā raviḥ
അഷ്ടോത്തരശത നാമങ്ങൾ പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു; ഹേ മഹാമതേ, ശ്രവിക്കൂ—സൂര്യൻ, അര്യമാ, ഭഗൻ, ത്വഷ്ടാ, പൂഷാ, അർക്കൻ, സവിതാ, രവി।
Śiva
Tirtha: Cyavanārka
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A litany begins: the Sun is invoked by Vedic and Purāṇic names—Sūrya, Aryamā, Bhaga, Tvaṣṭā, Pūṣan, Arka, Savitṛ, Ravi—each name appearing as a radiant glyph around the solar disc.
FAQs
Invoking the deity through many sacred names honors the fullness of divine functions—nourishing, ordering, illuminating, and impelling dharma.
The nāma-stotra is taught in the Cyavanārka/Prabhāsa-kṣetra context, where Sūrya worship is specially magnified.
Listening/learning and reciting the 108 names of Sūrya as a formal stotra practice.