Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 97
विश्वतश्चक्षुरित्येवं भानोर्देहं समालभेत् । श्रीश्च ते लक्ष्मीश्चेति सर्वांगे पूजयेद्रविम्
viśvataścakṣurityevaṃ bhānordehaṃ samālabhet | śrīśca te lakṣmīśceti sarvāṃge pūjayedravim
“విశ్వతశ్చక్షుః…” మంత్రంతో భానువు దేహాన్ని స్పర్శించి గౌరవించాలి; “శ్రీశ్చ తే లక్ష్మీశ్చ…” మంత్రంతో రవిని సర్వాంగంగా పూజించాలి।
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ritual-inquirer within Prabhāsa māhātmya
Scene: The devotee performs full-body worship of Sūrya: hands move in a respectful, systematic sequence across the icon’s limbs; the mantra of Śrī and Lakṣmī is recited as flowers and light surround the radiant form.
FAQs
Seeing the Sun as the all-seeing presence, the devotee seeks wholeness—worship of every limb mirrors integral devotion.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where Sūrya’s all-limbed worship is taught as a kṣetra-specific observance.
Touching/honoring Sūrya’s body with “viśvataś cakṣuḥ…” and worshipping all limbs with “śrīś ca te lakṣmīś ca…”.
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