Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8
स मां प्रणतमासीनमभ्यर्च्यार्घेण भास्करः । प्रहसन्निव प्राहेदं देवो मधुरया गिरा
sa māṃ praṇatamāsīnamabhyarcyārgheṇa bhāskaraḥ | prahasanniva prāhedaṃ devo madhurayā girā
मी नम्र होऊन बसलो असता, भास्करांनी अर्घ्य देऊन माझे पूजन केले; आणि देव जणू मंद हास्य करीत मधुर वाणीने असे म्हणाले।
Nārada (narrating Bhāskara’s reception)
Tirtha: Bhāskara-loka encounter (validating Jayāditya-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārtha
Scene: In a radiant solar hall, Bhāskara offers arghya to the bowed narrator; the Sun-god smiles gently, speaking sweetly. Golden light, lotus vessels, and a sense of sacred hospitality dominate.
FAQs
Divinity responds to humility: reverent posture and right conduct invite gracious reception and auspicious speech.
No tirtha is named; the setting is Bhāskara’s loka (the Sun’s realm).
Arghya—an offering of respectful water/oblation—is referenced as an act of worship and welcome.