Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
उद्द्योतं कुरुते सूर्यो यादृक्तस्याभिसंमतः । यज्ञभागं विनाऽप्येष भयात्पार्थिवसत्तम
uddyotaṃ kurute sūryo yādṛktasyābhisaṃmataḥ | yajñabhāgaṃ vinā'pyeṣa bhayātpārthivasattama
O pinakamainam sa mga hari, maging si Sūrya ay nagbibigay-liwanag lamang ayon sa sukat na pinahihintulutan niya; at dahil sa takot, ipinagpapatuloy niya ang kanyang tungkulin kahit wala ang bahagi sa yajña.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Listener: king addressed as 'pārthiva-sattama'
Scene: Sūrya rises but his radiance appears measured and constrained, as if permissioned; devas watch the sky with worry, sensing that even sunlight continues under fear and compulsion rather than harmony.
FAQs
Even cosmic powers may continue their duties amid disorder, but dharmic balance requires rightful honoring of the divine through yajña.
No holy site is explicitly referenced in this verse.
The verse alludes to the principle of ‘yajña-bhāga’—the due sacrificial share traditionally offered to deities.