Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
एवमुक्त्वा च सप्ताश्वो विरराम दिवाकरः । गालवोऽपि प्रहृष्टात्मा जगाम निजमंदिरम्
evamuktvā ca saptāśvo virarāma divākaraḥ | gālavo'pi prahṛṣṭātmā jagāma nijamaṃdiram
یوں کہہ کر سات گھوڑوں والے دیواکر، یعنی سورج دیوتا، خاموش ہو گئے؛ اور گالَو بھی دل سے مسرور ہو کر اپنے گھر کو روانہ ہوا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Vaṭa-sthala of Sūrya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūrya, drawn by seven horses, concludes his speech; Gālava departs delighted toward his hermitage/house.
FAQs
A tīrtha-māhātmya often frames dharma through sacred dialogue: divine instruction is given, then the devotee returns home with faith and joy.
The episode belongs to the Vaṭāditya/Vaṭeśvara sacred complex praised in this adhyāya.
No new rite is prescribed here; it closes the Sun’s instruction and transitions the narrative.