Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82
प्रादुर्भावं रवेर्दृष्ट्वा वडवा समजायत । अत्यंतं गोपतिः शांतो बकुलस्य समीपतः
prādurbhāvaṃ raverdṛṣṭvā vaḍavā samajāyata | atyaṃtaṃ gopatiḥ śāṃto bakulasya samīpataḥ
Thấy sự hiển lộ của Mặt Trời, nàng hóa thành vaḍavā, một ngựa cái. Và gần cây bakula, Gopati—Đấng Mặt Trời—trở nên vô cùng an tịnh, thanh lương.
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Bakulārka
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Surya manifests in blazing form near a bakula tree; Saṃjñā transforms into a mare (vaḍavā) in awe; Surya’s rays soften, and the scene settles into luminous calm.
FAQs
Divine power is not merely force; within a sanctified locus it becomes śānta (beneficent and balanced), accessible to devotees.
The vicinity of the bakula tree—identified with Bakulārka—functions as the sanctified site where Sūrya’s tejas is pacified.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it provides the mythic foundation (māhātmya) that supports later worship and remembrance practices.