Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 90
तेन वज्रोदकेनाशु मंदेहा नाम राक्षसाः । सूर्यतेजः प्रलोपंते शैला इव विवस्वतः
tena vajrodakenāśu maṃdehā nāma rākṣasāḥ | sūryatejaḥ pralopaṃte śailā iva vivasvataḥ
اسی وَجر-جل (مقدّس اَرجھیا) سے ‘مَندیہا’ نامی راکشس فوراً ہلاک ہو جاتے ہیں؛ سورج کی تابانی ان کی قوت کو مٹا دیتی ہے—جیسے دہکتے ویوَسوان کے سامنے پہاڑ ڈھے جاتے ہوں۔
Traditional Purāṇic narrator (contextual instruction within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: ghat
Scene: At dawn, a dvija at a riverbank offers arghya; the water arcs upward like a thunderbolt, while shadowy Maṇḍeha rākṣasas recoil and dissolve under the Sun’s expanding disc and rays.
FAQs
Timely arghya to Sūrya is portrayed as a dharmic act that sustains cosmic order and destroys obstructive forces.
The immediate emphasis is on Dharmāraṇya’s dharma-practice setting rather than a single named tīrtha; the ‘place’ is the ritual space of Sandhyā within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa.
Offering ‘vajrodaka’ (sanctified arghya-water) to the Sun, understood as a protective rite against negative forces.