भास्करस्योदये प्राप्ते श्रद्धापूतेन चेतसा । शतमष्टोत्तरं यावत्कुरुते च प्रदक्षिणाम्
bhāskarasyodaye prāpte śraddhāpūtena cetasā | śatamaṣṭottaraṃ yāvatkurute ca pradakṣiṇām
భాస్కరుడు ఉదయించే వేళ, శ్రద్ధతో పవిత్రమైన మనస్సుతో, నూరు ఎనిమిది వరకు ప్రదక్షిణ చేయవలెను।
Unnamed Purāṇic narrator
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahārāja (king)
Scene: A devotee begins circumambulation at the first emergence of the sun, hands folded, moving clockwise around a Sūrya shrine as the sky turns saffron-gold.
Ritual action gains power when joined with inner faith; devotion at sunrise aligns the worshipper with the Sun’s life-giving order.
The rite pertains to the Mārtaṇḍa of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Perform pradakṣiṇā of the Sun-deity at sunrise, up to 108 circumambulations, with a faith-purified mind.
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