Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80
देव्युवाच । मण्डलस्थः सुरश्रेष्ठ विधिना येन भास्करः । पूज्यते मानवैर्भक्त्या स विधिः कथितस्त्वया
devyuvāca | maṇḍalasthaḥ suraśreṣṭha vidhinā yena bhāskaraḥ | pūjyate mānavairbhaktyā sa vidhiḥ kathitastvayā
Nữ Thần nói: “Ôi bậc tối thắng trong chư thiên, Ngài đã trình bày nghi thức theo đó Bhāskara (Mặt Trời), an trụ trong maṇḍala thánh, được loài người thờ phụng với lòng sùng kính.”
Devī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara/Śaṅkara
Scene: Devī respectfully addressing Śaṅkara, acknowledging the previously taught rite; the maṇḍala of Bhāskara subtly present as a sacred diagram between them.
FAQs
Devotion (bhakti) combined with proper rite (vidhi) makes worship of the Sun spiritually effective.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), presented in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s māhātmya.
Worship of Bhāskara in a maṇḍala (ritual circle), performed according to a stated procedure (vidhi).