Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
देव्युवाच । कोऽयं सांबः सुतः कस्य यस्य नाम्ना रवेः पुरम् । यस्य वाऽयं सहस्रांशुर्वरदः पुण्यकर्मणः
devyuvāca | ko'yaṃ sāṃbaḥ sutaḥ kasya yasya nāmnā raveḥ puram | yasya vā'yaṃ sahasrāṃśurvaradaḥ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ
देवी म्हणाल्या—हा सांब कोण आहे, आणि तो कोणाचा पुत्र आहे, ज्याच्या नावाने रवीचे नगर प्रसिद्ध आहे? तसेच कोणाच्या पुण्यकर्मामुळे हा सहस्रांशु सूर्य वरदाता होतो?
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Sāṃbapura (eponymous city)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara
Scene: Devī, poised and luminous, questions Īśvara about Sāmba; behind them, a faint vision of Sāṃbapura and the thousand-rayed Sun as a boon-giver, indicating the story about to unfold.
FAQs
Merit (puṇya) and sacred association (a tīrtha linked to a devotee) become causes for divine favor and boon-bestowal.
The narrative context is Prabhāsakṣetra; the verse also alludes to a Sun-associated city named after Sāmba (Sāmbapura).
None explicitly; the focus is on puṇya-karma as the basis for Sūrya’s boon-giving.