Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
पुरुषा ऊचुः । वयं ते भास्करा ब्रह्मंस्त्रयोऽत्रैव समागताः । त्वद्भक्त्याकृष्टमनसो ब्रूहि किं करवामहे
puruṣā ūcuḥ | vayaṃ te bhāskarā brahmaṃstrayo'traiva samāgatāḥ | tvadbhaktyākṛṣṭamanaso brūhi kiṃ karavāmahe
पुरुष म्हणाले—हे भास्करा! हे पूज्य ब्राह्मणा! आम्ही तिघे भास्कर येथेच एकत्र आलो आहोत, तुझ्या भक्तीने आकृष्ट होऊन. सांग, आम्ही काय करू?
Puruṣāḥ (the three Bhāskaras / Sun-manifestations speaking)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Three radiant figures identified as Bhāskaras stand before an austere brāhmaṇa; they speak with folded hands, acknowledging they were drawn by his devotion and asking for instruction.
FAQs
Devotion (bhakti) has the power to draw divine presence; sincere worship invites grace and guidance.
A tīrtha within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 76), where Bhāskara manifests and grants sānnidhya due to a devotee’s faith.
No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse sets up the divine instruction that follows in subsequent ślokas.