Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
सर्वकामप्रदं नृणां पूजितं विधिवन्नरैः । सप्तम्यां च विधानेन यः स्तोष्यति रविं नरः
sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇāṃ pūjitaṃ vidhivannaraiḥ | saptamyāṃ ca vidhānena yaḥ stoṣyati raviṃ naraḥ
हे तीर्थ मनुष्यांना सर्व कामना देणारे असून लोकांनी विधिपूर्वक त्याची पूजा केली जाते. जो पुरुष सप्तमी तिथीस विधानानुसार रविची स्तुती करतो…
Śiva (continuation of ‘Īśvara uvāca’ in Adhyāya 279)
Tirtha: Cyavanārka
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Pilgrims worship the Sun at a shrine at dawn on Saptamī, offering arghya, flowers, and lamps; the Sun’s rays crown the sanctum, signifying sarva-kāma-pradāna.
FAQs
Ritual performed with vidhī (proper method) and stuti (praise) becomes spiritually efficacious and yields both worldly and dharmic fulfillment.
The context is Cyavanārka within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as sarva-kāma-prada when worshipped correctly.
Praise/worship of Ravi on Saptamī, performed ‘by vidhāna’ (prescribed procedure).