[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 16.367.p19 # Skandapurana 16.367.p19 Skandapurāṇa 16.367.p19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.367.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.367.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p18) - [Next: 16.367.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p20) - [Up: 16.367](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.367.p19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.367.p19) · Pramāṇa