Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53
नारद उवाच । यथा ब्रह्मादयो देवा यच्छंत्यर्घं महात्मने । भास्कराय श्रृणु त्वं तं विधिं सर्वाघनाशनम्
nārada uvāca | yathā brahmādayo devā yacchaṃtyarghaṃ mahātmane | bhāskarāya śrṛṇu tvaṃ taṃ vidhiṃ sarvāghanāśanam
Nārada berkata: Dengarlah tatacara bagaimana Brahmā dan para dewa yang lain mempersembahkan arghya kepada Bhāskara yang berhati agung. Dengarlah upacara itu, yang memusnahkan segala dosa.
Nārada
Listener: Arjura
Scene: Nārada instructs while Brahmā and other devas are shown in a celestial tableau offering arghya to the radiant Sun; streams of water arc upward, forming a luminous halo; below, a human devotee mirrors the same gesture, linking heaven and earth through ritual continuity.
FAQs
A rite becomes authoritative when aligned with divine precedent; Sūrya-arghya is praised as universally purifying.
No particular tīrtha is identified; the emphasis is on a pan-Indian daily rite (nitya) to the Sun.
Nārada introduces the exact method (vidhi) of offering arghya to Bhāskara, said to remove all sins.