Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
दिनकृद्दिनहृन्मौनी सुरथो रथिनांवरः । राज्ञीपतिः स्वर्णरेताः पूषा त्वष्टा दिवाकरः
dinakṛddinahṛnmaunī suratho rathināṃvaraḥ | rājñīpatiḥ svarṇaretāḥ pūṣā tvaṣṭā divākaraḥ
祂是造就白昼者，亦是驱除白昼昏暗者；寂默的牟尼；吉祥的御者，乘车者中最胜；为王权女神罗阇尼（主权之力）之主，具金色精种与金辉；又名普善——养育者，特瓦什特利——天工巧匠，及提婆迦罗——昼光之造者。
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: Sūrya as the charioteer-lord: a splendid chariot emerging at dawn, darkness receding; the deity is paradoxically ‘silent’—calm gaze, still posture—while motion and light surge outward.
FAQs
The Sun is praised as the cosmic regulator who dispels darkness outwardly and inwardly, sustaining dharma through light and order.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a nāma-stuti (name-hymn) within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s devotional framing.
No direct ritual is stated here; the implied practice is nāma-japa or stotra-pāṭha of Sūrya’s names for merit and auspiciousness.