Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58
श्रीसूर्य उवाच । यस्माद्भवद्भिः पूर्वं हि जयादित्येति चोदितम् । जयादित्य इति ख्यातस्तस्मात्स्थास्येऽत्र सर्वदा
śrīsūrya uvāca | yasmādbhavadbhiḥ pūrvaṃ hi jayādityeti coditam | jayāditya iti khyātastasmātsthāsye'tra sarvadā
吉祥日神苏利耶说道：因为你们先前以“胜日天（Jayāditya）”称颂我，我将以“胜日天”之名闻世；因此我将恒常住于此处。
Sūrya (Āditya)
Tirtha: Jayāditya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇa-sages/devotees (addressed as ‘viprāḥ’)
Scene: Sūrya, radiant and crowned, speaks to assembled brāhmaṇa-sages, granting his name ‘Jayāditya’ and promising perpetual residence at the sanctified spot.
FAQs
Sacred naming through devotion becomes a lasting spiritual reality—praise (stuti) can establish enduring divine presence.
Jayāditya-sthāna, explicitly affirmed as Sūrya’s perpetual dwelling place.
Invocation of the deity’s name (‘Jayāditya’) is presented as the cause for the deity’s abiding presence at the site.