Skandapurana 4.51.4.7

4.51.4.7

vicitraracanairmālyaiḥ pāṭalācaṃpakodbhavaiḥ ..
kuṃkumāgurukarpūramiśritaiḥ śoṇacaṃdanaiḥ .. 87 ..
devamohanadhūpaiśca bahvāmodatatāṃbaraiḥ ..
karpūravartidīpaiśca naivedyairghṛtapāyasaiḥ .. 88 ..
arghadānaiśca vidhivatsaureḥ stotrajapairapi ..
evaṃ samārādhayatastasyārko varadobhavat .. 89 ..
uvāca ca varaṃ brūhi vimalāmalaceṣṭita ..
kuṣṭhaśca te prayātveṣa prārthayānyaṃ varaṃ punaḥ .. 4.2.51.90 ..
ākarṇya vimalaścetthamālāpaṃ raśmimālinaḥ ..
praṇato daṃḍavadbhūmau saṃprahaṣṭatanūruhaḥ . 91 ..
śanairvijñāpayāṃcakra ekacakrarathaṃ ravim ..
jagaccakṣurameyātmanmahādhvāṃtavidhūnana .. 92 ..
yadi prasanno bhagavanyadi deyo varo mama ..
tadā tvadbhaktiniṣṭhā ye kuṣṭhaṃ māstu tadanvaye .. 93 ..
anyepi rogā mā saṃtu māstu teṣāṃ daridratā ..
māstu kaścana saṃtāpastvadbhaktānāṃ sahasrago .. 94 ..
. śrīsūrya uvāca .. ..
tathāstviti mahāprājña śṛṇvanyaṃ varamuttamam ..
tvayeyaṃ pūjitā mūrtirevaṃ kāśyāṃ mahāmate .. 95 ..
asyāḥ sānnidhyamatrāhaṃ na tyakṣyāmi kadācana ..
prathitā tava nāmnā ca pratimaiṣā bhaviṣyati ..96..
vimalāditya ityākhyā bhaktānāṃ varadā sadā ..
sarvavyādhi nihaṃtrī ca sarvapāpakṣayaṃkarī ..97..
iti dattvā varānsūryastatraivāṃtaradhīyata ..
vimalo nirmalatanuḥ sopi svabhavanaṃ yayau .. 98 ..
itthaṃ sa vimalādityo vārāṇasyāṃ śubhapradaḥ ..
tasya darśanamātreṇa kuṣṭharogaḥ praṇaśyati ..99..
yaścaitāṃ vimalādityakathāṃ vai śṛṇuyānnaraḥ ..
prāpnoti nirmalāṃ śuddhiṃ tyajyate ca manomalaiḥ ..4.2.51.100..
.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..
gaṃgādityosti tatrānyo viśveśāddakṣiṇena vai ..

with garlands of diverse arrangements made of pāṭalā and campaka flowers, / with red sandal mixed with saffron, aguru, and camphor, / with incenses that enchant the gods, their fragrance spreading across the sky, / with lamps having wicks of camphor, and with offerings of rice boiled in milk and ghee, / with duly performed libations of argha, and with recitation of hymns to the son of Sūrya. / As he thus worshipped, the sun became a granter of boons to him, / and said, "Speak a boon, O Vimala of spotless deeds! / Let this leprosy of yours depart; ask for another boon again." / Hearing such speech from the garlanded with rays, Vimala / bowed like a staff upon the ground, his body hair bristling with joy. / Slowly he addressed the sun of the single-wheeled chariot: / "O eye of the universe, immeasurable Self, dispeller of the great gloom! / If the Lord is pleased, if a boon is to be given to me, / then for those who are devoted to your worship, let there be no leprosy in their lineage. / Nor let other diseases befall them, let there be no poverty for them, / and let no distress arise for your devotees, O thousand-rayed one!" / The holy Sun said: / "Let it be so, O very wise one! Hear another supreme boon: / this image of mine has been worshipped by you in this way in Kāśī, O noble-minded one. / My presence here beside it I will never abandon; / and this image will become famed by your name: / 'Vimalāditya' is its designation, ever granting boons to devotees, / the destroyer of all diseases, and the maker of an end to all sins." / Having thus bestowed the boons, the sun vanished right there; / and Vimala, his body cleansed of disease, went to his own home. / In this manner, that Vimalāditya in Vārāṇasī bestows auspiciousness; / merely by the sight of him, leprosy is destroyed. / And the man who hears this story of Vimalāditya / attains stainless purity and is freed from mental impurities. / Skanda said: / There is another [sun] there, Gaṅgāditya, to the south of Viśveśa.