Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64
अस्य मूले स्थितः सूर्य्यः कल्पादौ ब्रह्मणोंऽशजः । तमाराधय यत्तेसावस्य स्थानस्य देवता
asya mūle sthitaḥ sūryyaḥ kalpādau brahmaṇoṃ'śajaḥ | tamārādhaya yattesāvasya sthānasya devatā
या वृक्षाच्या मुळाशी सूर्य स्थित आहेत, जे कल्पाच्या आरंभी ब्रह्माच्या अंशातून प्रकट झाले. त्यांची आराधना कर; तेच या स्थानाचे अधिष्ठाता देव आहेत.
Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages)
Tirtha: Sūrya-kṣetra (specific seat at nimba-mūla)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Vālmīki
Scene: At the base of a nimba tree, a radiant Sūrya presence stands—golden, haloed, holding lotuses—while sages instruct Vālmīki to worship; dawn light floods the riverbank.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s power is anchored in its presiding deity; knowing and worshiping that deity is the direct path to the site’s blessings.
The sacred spot at the nimba tree near Devikā-taṭa in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, identified as a Sūrya-sthāna.
Ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) of Sūrya is explicitly prescribed.