तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे महादेवि पुरं यत्सांबसंज्ञकम् । द्वितीयं शाश्वतं स्थानं तत्र सूर्यस्य नित्यशः
tasminkṣetre mahādevi puraṃ yatsāṃbasaṃjñakam | dvitīyaṃ śāśvataṃ sthānaṃ tatra sūryasya nityaśaḥ
اے مہادیوی! اُس مقدّس کھیتر میں ‘سامب’ نام کا نگر ہے؛ وہاں سورج دیو کا دوسرا ازلی ٹھکانہ ہمیشہ قائم رہتا ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Sāṃbapura (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Mahādevī)
Scene: A radiant solar city within the sandy-coastal sacred expanse of Prabhāsa; a temple-like ‘station’ of Sūrya glowing as an eternal presence, pilgrims approaching with folded hands.
Holy places are described as enduring ‘stations’ of divine presence, making continual worship possible across generations.
Sāṃbapura within Prabhāsakṣetra, identified as an eternal station of Sūrya.
No specific rite is stated; the verse establishes the site’s identity and the Sun’s perpetual presence there.