Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
सप्तम्यां सूर्यवारेण उपवासपरायणः । यस्तं पूजयते भक्त्या सप्तर्मार्द्वादश क्रमात् । स प्राप्नोति सुतं श्रेष्ठं स्ववंशस्य विवर्धनम्
saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa upavāsaparāyaṇaḥ | yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā saptarmārdvādaśa kramāt | sa prāpnoti sutaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ svavaṃśasya vivardhanam
Pada hari Saptamī yang jatuh pada hari Ahad, sesiapa yang tekun berpuasa dan memuja-Nya dengan bhakti menurut tertib yang benar (ritus tujuh bahagian dan susunan dua belas peringkat), akan memperoleh seorang putera yang mulia, yang mengembangkan keturunannya sendiri.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Vaṭāditya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija audience (implied)
Scene: At sunrise on Saptamī-Sunday, a fasting devotee offers arghya to Vaṭāditya; ritual assistants arrange offerings in a ‘sevenfold’ and ‘twelvefold’ sequence; the sun’s rays fall directly on the icon.
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When devotion is joined with disciplined observance and proper ritual order, the deity’s grace manifests as family welfare and continuity.
Vaṭāditya tīrtha—Sūrya worship associated with the sacred vaṭa (banyan).
Fasting on Saptamī when it is Sunday and worshipping Vaṭāditya with devotion according to a prescribed sequence (sevenfold and twelvefold order as stated).