ततः संपूजयामास त्वष्टा त्रैलोक्यपूजितम् । भास्वन्किं रहिता शक्त्या निजगेहमुपागतः
tataḥ saṃpūjayāmāsa tvaṣṭā trailokyapūjitam | bhāsvankiṃ rahitā śaktyā nijagehamupāgataḥ
ततः त्वष्टा त्रैलोक्यपूजितं भास्वन्तं सम्यक् संपूजयामास। अथ पप्रच्छ— ‘भास्वन्, किं शक्त्या रहित इव निजगेहमुपागतः?’
Purāṇic narrator (first half); Tvaṣṭṛ (question, second half)
Tirtha: Tvāṣṭra-ālaya (mythic)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Inside a radiant celestial atelier: Tvaṣṭṛ welcomes Sūrya with arghya and offerings; divine tools and luminous wheels hang in the background; Tvaṣṭṛ asks why Sūrya appears weakened.
Dharma includes honoring the worthy and inquiring with concern when a respected being appears troubled.
No tīrtha is specified; the verse is set at Tvaṣṭṛ’s abode.
Implicitly, saṃpūjā (proper honoring) of an honored guest; no formal rite is detailed.