Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 135
भानुमाश्रित्य सर्वे ते मोदन्ते दिवि सुव्रते । तस्माद्भानुसमं देवं नाहं पश्यामि कञ्चन
bhānumāśritya sarve te modante divi suvrate | tasmādbhānusamaṃ devaṃ nāhaṃ paśyāmi kañcana
हे सुव्रते! भानु (सूर्य) याचा आश्रय घेऊन ते सर्व देव स्वर्गात आनंदित होतात. म्हणून सूर्यसम कोणताही देव मला दिसत नाही.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogue style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: A addressed ‘suvrate’ (vow-observant) interlocutor, likely Devī in the surrounding dialogue
Scene: A radiant Sūrya-maṇḍala dominates the sky above Prabhāsa’s sacred shore; devas in subtle forms rejoice in svarga, their faces turned toward the solar orb, while a narrator-figure proclaims Sūrya’s unsurpassed status.
FAQs
The Sun is presented as foundational to cosmic life and divine functioning, hence worthy of highest reverence.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s Arkasthala context, where Sūrya’s greatness is being praised.
No new action is added here; it is a stuti (praise) supporting the prior Sun-oriented rite.