Matsyapurana 79.5

79.5

padmaṃ kṛṣṇatilaiḥ kṛtvā tāmrapātre 'ṣṭapattrakam
haimamandārakusumair bhāskarāyeti pūrvataḥ //

That day he should honor a few Brâhmaṇas and feed them with delicious food at night. Mandâra prâśana should be offerred to the Deva. On the following morning, that is, the saptamî day, he should feed the Brâhmaṇas again, according to his means, after his morning ablutions. Then procure eight Mandâra flowers and prepare a golden image of the Sun carrying a lotus in his hand and place it in a copper-vessel containing sesamum, and prepare also an eight-petalled lotus and invoke the God Sun, thus. He should offer one mandâra flower on each petal.—3-5.

He should then salute the Sun and put some flowers and uncooked rice on the lotus leaf, in the Eastern direction by saying 'Bhâskarâya-namaḥ' in the South-East by saying 'Sûryâya namaḥ' in the South, by saying 'Arkâya namaḥ.' in the South-West, by saying “Aryamne namaḥ,” in the West by saying :—“Veda dhâmne namaḥ,” in the North-West direction by saying “Chaṇḍa Bhânave namaḥ,” in the North by saying “Puṣṇe namaḥ,” in the North-East by saying ‘Ânandâya namaḥ.’—6-7.