Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
विद्यायाः साधनं चक्रे सिद्धिं सूर्यादवाप्तवान् । बालादित्येति तेनासौ ततः ख्यातिमगात्प्रभुः
vidyāyāḥ sādhanaṃ cakre siddhiṃ sūryādavāptavān | bālādityeti tenāsau tataḥ khyātimagātprabhuḥ
അവൻ ആ വിദ്യയെ সাধിച്ചു, സൂര്യദേവന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ സിദ്ധി പ്രാപിച്ചു. അതിനാൽ ആ പ്രഭു ‘ബാലാദിത്യൻ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായി.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continued narration)
Tirtha: Bālārka/Bālāditya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A sādhaka completes vidyā-sādhana before a radiant youthful Sun-form; the solar orb crowns the shrine, with golden rays touching the devotee’s head as siddhi is conferred; attendants and lotuses suggest purity and awakening.
FAQs
Focused sādhana aligned with a deity yields siddhi; the tīrtha’s very name preserves that spiritual history for pilgrims.
Bālāditya/Bālārka in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, famed for Sun-related spiritual accomplishment.
Vidyā-sādhana (disciplined spiritual practice) connected with Sūrya-upāsanā is implied as the efficacious method.