Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1
सूत उवाच । ये चान्ये भास्करा स्तत्र संति ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः । हाटकेश्वरजे क्षेत्रे याज्ञवल्क्यप्रतिष्ठिताः
sūta uvāca | ye cānye bhāskarā statra saṃti brāhmaṇasattamāḥ | hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre yājñavalkyapratiṣṭhitāḥ
सूत म्हणाला—हे ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठांनो, त्या हाटकेश्वर-क्षेत्रात याज्ञवल्क्यांनी प्रतिष्ठापित केलेले भास्कराचे (सूर्याचे) इतरही स्वरूप तेथे आहेत।
Sūta
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Bhāskara-pratiṣṭhā-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa-sattamāḥ / Ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta addresses sages, describing a sacred field where multiple Bhāskara icons stand—each radiant, installed by Yājñavalkya; nearby, the Śiva-kṣetra atmosphere remains palpable.
FAQs
A tīrtha is multi-layered: alongside Śaiva sanctity, it can hold powerful Saurya (Sun) installations established by revered sages.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as a place where Bhāskara forms are installed.
No direct prescription yet; it introduces the presence and origin (pratiṣṭhā) of the Bhāskara forms.