Skandapurana 16.367.p19

16.367.p19

17 athārkasthalapūjāvidhikathanam , tatrādityasya trayīmayatvavarṇanam, prathamaṃ dantadhāvane grāhyāgrāhyakāṣṭhanirṇayaḥ, dantadhāvanaprakārakathanam, mukhaśuddhimakṛtvā bhāskarasparśana-darśanena kuṣṭhatvaprāptivarṇanam , arkasthale snānādividhānakathanam, sūryasya mahā-mantrakathanapūrvakaṃ japaphalakathanam, udutyamityupasthānakathanam, agniṃdūtamākṛṣṇenetyādibhiḥ ṣoḍaśopacārairādityārcāvidhānakathanam , samantataḥ śṛṃgapīṭha-devatādipūjākathanam, nānāvidhamaṇḍaladānādikathanam, arkasthalastavanapūrvakamāhātmyavarṇanam... ... 25 1

17. Now, the description of the rite of worship at Arkasthala; therein, the description of the Sun's nature consisting of the three Vedas; first, the determination of acceptable and unacceptable wood for cleaning the teeth; the description of the method of cleaning the teeth; the description of contracting leprosy by touching or looking upon the Sun without having purified one's mouth; the description of the injunction for bathing and other rites at Arkasthala; the statement of the fruit of recitation preceded by the statement of the great mantra of the Sun; the description of the upasthāna hymn beginning with "Udu tyaṃ"; the description of the injunction for worshipping the Sun with sixteen offerings using hymns such as "Agniṃ dūtam" and "Ā kṛṣṇena"; the description of worshipping the deities of the Śṛṅgapīṭha and others all around; the description of the donation of various mandalas and so forth; the description of the māhātmya preceded by the praise of Arkasthala... 25 1