Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
यस्तान्पूजयते भक्त्या हृदि कृत्वाऽभिवांछितान् । सप्तम्यां चैव सप्तम्यां लभते नात्र संशयः
yastānpūjayate bhaktyā hṛdi kṛtvā'bhivāṃchitān | saptamyāṃ caiva saptamyāṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
जो त्यांची भक्तिभावाने पूजा करतो व हृदयात अभिष्ट इच्छा धारण करतो, तो सप्तमीच्या दिवशी तेच फळ प्राप्त करतो—यात संशय नाही।
Sūta (continued narration)
Tirtha: Bhāskara-sthāna within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa-sattamāḥ / Ṛṣis
Scene: Devotees stand before multiple Sūrya icons at dawn on Saptamī, offering arghya with copper vessels; their faces show focused saṅkalpa and devotion as sunlight streams into the shrine.
FAQs
Focused devotion (bhakti) combined with inner intention (hṛdaya-saṅkalpa) is presented as a direct means to attain desired results.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where the Bhāskara forms established there are worshipped.
Bhāskara-pūjā performed on Saptamī, with devotional concentration on one’s intended goal.