Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
ततः सर्वप्रयत्नेन तमाराधय भास्करम् । प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य मोक्ष्यसे नात्र संशयः
tataḥ sarvaprayatnena tamārādhaya bhāskaram | prasādāddevadevasya mokṣyase nātra saṃśayaḥ
پس پوری کوشش سے اس بھاسکر (سورج دیو) کی عبادت کرو۔ دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا کے فضل سے تم نجات پاؤ گے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Vasiṣṭha (implied adviser)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārthiva / Rājā
Scene: A teacher/narrator points the afflicted king toward the rising Sun; the Sun appears as Bhāskara with radiant horses, while the king prepares for worship with intense resolve.
FAQs
Steadfast worship, done with full effort, becomes a direct means to divine grace and liberation.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is implied as the sacred context where Sūrya worship is especially efficacious.
Ārādhana (devotional propitiation) of Bhāskara—regular worship as the core practice.