Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50
हंसः शुचिषदिति मंत्रेणानेन पूजयेत् । अपत्येतेति मन्त्रेण सूर्यं देवि प्रपूजयेत्
haṃsaḥ śuciṣaditi maṃtreṇānena pūjayet | apatyeteti mantreṇa sūryaṃ devi prapūjayet
‘हंसः शुचिषद्…’ या मंत्राने पूजन करावे; आणि हे देवी! ‘अपत्येते…’ या मंत्राने सूर्यदेवाची विशेष श्रद्धेने प्रपूजा करावी।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional tone)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī addressed as “devī”
Scene: At dawn in Prabhāsa, the devotee faces the rising sun, offering arghya from a copper vessel while reciting Vedic mantras; Sūrya’s disk is depicted with rays and attendant deities, while the sea/river glints behind.
FAQs
Pure, mantra-guided worship refines devotion and makes one’s offering to Sūrya spiritually effective.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.
Pūjā of Sūrya using specific Vedic mantra-openings (“haṃsaḥ śuciṣat…”, “apatyete…”).