Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26
तेनैव विधिना विप्र तस्यापि दिवसेशितुः । पूजां करोमि मध्याह्ने श्रद्धा पूतेन चेतसा
tenaiva vidhinā vipra tasyāpi divaseśituḥ | pūjāṃ karomi madhyāhne śraddhā pūtena cetasā
हे विप्र, त्याच विधीने मीही मध्याह्नी दिनेश्वर सूर्यदेवांची पूजा करतो, श्रद्धेने पवित्र झालेल्या मनाने।
Devotee/narrated first-person voice addressing a brāhmaṇa (vipra)
Tirtha: Dina-īśa/Sūrya worship (associated station)
Type: ghat
Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa) explicitly addressed
Scene: At blazing midday, a devotee offers arghya and flowers to the Sun, standing near a shrine or open courtyard, mind composed and luminous.
FAQs
Ritual becomes efficacious when performed consistently and inwardly—faith purifies the mind, making worship spiritually potent.
The chapter’s sacred setting continues; the emphasis is on regulated worship within the tīrtha circuit associated with Muṇḍīrasvāmin/Sūrya.
Midday pūjā of Sūrya, following the same established procedure (vidhi), performed with śraddhā.