Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61
एभिः परिवृतो योऽसावधरोत्तरवासिभिः । तमहं लोककर्तारमाह्वयामि तमोपहम्
ebhiḥ parivṛto yo'sāvadharottaravāsibhiḥ | tamahaṃ lokakartāramāhvayāmi tamopaham
جو اوپر اور نیچے کے لوکوں کے باشندوں سے گھرا ہوا ہے، اسی جگت کے کرتا، اندھیرا دور کرنے والے کو میں پکار کر آہوان کرتا ہوں۔
Nārada (as the mantra-voice / instruction)
Scene: The officiant stands within a mandala-like circle of beings ‘above and below’—celestials overhead, subterranean nāgas below—while a central, formless radiance (the invoked lokakartṛ) dispels darkness like dawn breaking in a sanctum.
FAQs
Invoking Sūrya is invoking the cosmic source of light and order—outer light and inner clarity that dispels tamas.
No tīrtha is named; the verse functions as a universal invocation within the arghya-mantra.
The mantra culminates in an explicit āhvāna (invocation) of Sūrya as lokakartā and tamopaha while offering arghya.