Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
यस्तान्पूजयते भक्त्या हृदि कृत्वाऽभिवांछितान् । सप्तम्यां चैव सप्तम्यां लभते नात्र संशयः
yastānpūjayate bhaktyā hṛdi kṛtvā'bhivāṃchitān | saptamyāṃ caiva saptamyāṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ
جو کوئی انہیں عقیدت سے پوجتا ہے، دل میں مطلوبہ مراد بسا کر—سَپتمی کے دن ہی وہی مراد پا لیتا ہے؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Sūta (continued narration)
Tirtha: Bhāskara-sthāna within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa-sattamāḥ / Ṛṣis
Scene: Devotees stand before multiple Sūrya icons at dawn on Saptamī, offering arghya with copper vessels; their faces show focused saṅkalpa and devotion as sunlight streams into the shrine.
FAQs
Focused devotion (bhakti) combined with inner intention (hṛdaya-saṅkalpa) is presented as a direct means to attain desired results.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, where the Bhāskara forms established there are worshipped.
Bhāskara-pūjā performed on Saptamī, with devotional concentration on one’s intended goal.