Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
दिनकृद्दिनहृन्मौनी सुरथो रथिनांवरः । राज्ञीपतिः स्वर्णरेताः पूषा त्वष्टा दिवाकरः
dinakṛddinahṛnmaunī suratho rathināṃvaraḥ | rājñīpatiḥ svarṇaretāḥ pūṣā tvaṣṭā divākaraḥ
Он — Творец дня и Устраняющий дневную тьму; молчаливый Муни; Сурадха, благой возничий, лучший среди колесничих; Владыка Раджни (суверенной власти), с золотым семенем и золотым сиянием; Пушан — Питающий, Тваштар — небесный Зодчий, и Дивакара — Создатель дневного света.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: Sūrya as the charioteer-lord: a splendid chariot emerging at dawn, darkness receding; the deity is paradoxically ‘silent’—calm gaze, still posture—while motion and light surge outward.
FAQs
The Sun is praised as the cosmic regulator who dispels darkness outwardly and inwardly, sustaining dharma through light and order.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a nāma-stuti (name-hymn) within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s devotional framing.
No direct ritual is stated here; the implied practice is nāma-japa or stotra-pāṭha of Sūrya’s names for merit and auspiciousness.