Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9
शक्रदीनां पुरे तिष्ठन्स्पृशत्येष पुरत्रयम् । विकीर्णोऽतो विकर्णस्थस्त्रिकोणार्धपुरे तथा
śakradīnāṃ pure tiṣṭhanspṛśatyeṣa puratrayam | vikīrṇo'to vikarṇasthastrikoṇārdhapure tathā
शक्रादिदेवतानां पुरेषु तिष्ठन् स भानुः स्वगत्याऽमृतपुरत्रयं स्पृशति। अत एव स विकीर्ण इति कथ्यते—दिक्स्थः, त्रिकोणार्धपुरविभागेष्वपि सञ्चरन्।
Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced; Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Scene: Sūrya depicted as pervading and ‘touching’ three celestial cities, radiating into directions; a mandala-like cosmic sphere with triangular and half-city divisions, devas’ abodes arranged around the solar path.
FAQs
The Sun’s all-pervading movement is portrayed as touching every divine realm, teaching the universality of cosmic law (ṛta/dharma).
No earthly tīrtha is specified; the verse speaks of devaloka/celestial geography.
None; the verse is descriptive of cosmological movement rather than prescribing vrata or dāna.