Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 112
वाकारो धूम्रवर्णश्च सूर्यबीजं मनोजवम् । पुलस्त्यर्षिसमायुक्तं नियुक्तं सर्वसौख्यदम्
vākāro dhūmravarṇaśca sūryabījaṃ manojavam | pulastyarṣisamāyuktaṃ niyuktaṃ sarvasaukhyadam
‘व’ हा अक्षर धूम्रवर्णाचा; तो सूर्याचा बीजमंत्र, मनासारखा वेगवान आहे. पुलस्त्य ऋषींशी संयुक्त होऊन विधिपूर्वक जपल्यास तो सर्व प्रकारचे सुख-कल्याण देतो.
Brahmā (in Brahma–Nārada dialogue; inferred from section context)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A mantra-diagrammatic scene: the syllable ‘va’ glowing smoky-grey, a radiant Sun-disc behind, sage Pulastya seated as ṛṣi, a practitioner offering arghya at dawn.
FAQs
Correctly applied mantra (with proper seer-attribution and discipline) is said to generate comprehensive auspiciousness.
It appears within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya section of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa, where practices are taught in a tīrtha-glorifying frame.
Mantra-japa/niyoga is implied: the ‘va’ solar bīja is to be employed with proper tradition (ṛṣi Pulastya) for auspicious results.