Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
वरुणश्च तथा सूर्यो भानुः ख्यातश्च तापनः । इंद्रश्चैवार्यमा चैव धाता चैव भगस्तथा
varuṇaśca tathā sūryo bhānuḥ khyātaśca tāpanaḥ | iṃdraścaivāryamā caiva dhātā caiva bhagastathā
“วรุณะ; อีกทั้งสุริยะ, ภานุ และตาปนะผู้เลื่องชื่อ; อินทระ; อารยมัน; ธาตฤ; และภคะด้วย”
Sūta
Listener: Ṛṣis
Scene: A radiant solar disk with attendant deities named (Sūrya, Bhānu, Tāpana), with Varuṇa as oceanic guardian and Indra as sky-king, forming a cosmic court above a tīrtha landscape.
FAQs
The sun’s divinity is expressed through multiple Āditya-names, suggesting one sacred radiance operating through many functions—order, warmth, sovereignty, and welfare.
This excerpt is a name-list and does not identify a particular tīrtha directly.
No explicit prescription; such lists commonly support recitation and solar devotion (āditya-smaraṇa).