Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72
पूजयेच्चापि तं देवं भास्करं वारितस्करम् । अद्यापि कलिकालेऽपि तत्र स्नातो नरः शुचिः
pūjayeccāpi taṃ devaṃ bhāskaraṃ vāritaskaram | adyāpi kalikāle'pi tatra snāto naraḥ śuciḥ
E deve-se também adorar esse deus Bhāskara, o Sol, removedor do “ladrão de água” (pecados e aflições); ainda hoje, mesmo na era de Kali, o homem que ali se banha torna-se puro.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Bhāskara-tīrtha (implied)
Type: kund
Scene: Pilgrims bathe and then worship Bhāskara with arghya; the Sun is depicted as a radiant deity whose rays ‘drive away’ dark, thieving impurities; the scene explicitly signals Kali-yuga hope.
FAQs
Even in Kali-yuga, the combined path of tīrtha-snāna and Bhāskara-pūjā remains a powerful means of purification.
The Bhāskara-associated kuṇḍa/tīrtha described in Adhyāya 212 of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Perform snāna at the tīrtha and worship (pūjā) of Bhāskara.
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