Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57
ओंयस्याहुः सप्त च्छंदांसि रथे तिष्ठंति वाजिनः । अरुणः सारथिर्यस्य रथवाहोऽग्रतः स्थितः
oṃyasyāhuḥ sapta cchaṃdāṃsi rathe tiṣṭhaṃti vājinaḥ | aruṇaḥ sārathiryasya rathavāho'grataḥ sthitaḥ
اوم۔ کہا جاتا ہے کہ سات ویدک چھند اس کے رتھ میں گھوڑوں کی صورت کھڑے ہیں؛ اور ارُṇ اس کا سارتھی ہے، جو آگے کھڑا ہو کر رتھ کا ہانکنے والا ہے۔
Nārada (continuing the arghya-mantra description)
Scene: A radiant Sun-god on a chariot whose seven horses are subtly inscribed with Vedic metre symbols; Aruṇa, reddish-hued, stands as charioteer at the front, reins in hand, guiding the solar car across the sky.
FAQs
Sūrya is portrayed as the living embodiment of Vedic order; even his chariot is mapped to Vedic metres.
No location is mentioned; this is a mantra-visualization (dhyāna) of the Sun’s cosmic form.
The arghya-mantra invokes Sūrya with chariot imagery—seven chandas as horses and Aruṇa as charioteer.