Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74
अनेन विधिना कर्णो भास्करार्घ्यं प्रयच्छति । ततः सूर्यस्य पार्थासावात्मवद्वल्लभो मतः
anena vidhinā karṇo bhāskarārghyaṃ prayacchati | tataḥ sūryasya pārthāsāvātmavadvallabho mataḥ
اسی طریقے سے کرن بھاسکر کو ارغیہ پیش کرتا ہے؛ اسی لیے پرتھا کا وہ پتر سورَیَ دیو کو اپنی ہی جان کی طرح عزیز سمجھا جاتا ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Bhaṭṭāditya-sthāna (as implied)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Karṇa stands facing the rising sun at a tīrtha/temple basin, hands in añjali holding water, rays descending as a visible sign of Sūrya’s affection; attendants and a kuṇḍa nearby indicate ritual procedure.
FAQs
Right practice (vidhi) joined with devotion makes the deity’s grace tangible; exemplary figures like Karṇa model this discipline.
No tīrtha is specified; the verse highlights a devotional model (Karṇa’s Sūrya-upāsanā).
Offer Bhāskara-arghya according to the stated procedure; it is presented as Karṇa’s established practice.