Skandapurana 16.128
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Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the excellent Sāgarāditya, / to the west of Bhairaveśa and likewise of Rudra Mṛtyuñjaya,
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located not far to the south-southeast of Kāmeśa; / it allays all diseases and destroys floods of poverty, / installed, O great goddess, by the great-souled Sagara,
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that destroyer of foes who obtained sixty thousand sons, / having properly worshipped the Sun there, Sagara the lord of the earth.
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This ocean, O goddess, which is a yojana in extent and breadth, / is proclaimed to extend eighty thousand yojanas;
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in this manvantara it was dug in the four directions by the sons of Sagara; / therefore its name, known as Sāgara, has been proclaimed, O goddess.
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Whose renown, famous in the Purāṇa, they sing of here even today; / by him this god Bhāskara, the stealer of waters, was installed.
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Having seen him, one does not become dull, nor blind, nor poor, nor sorrowful; / nor would one suffer separation from loved ones, nor fall ill, nor commit sin.
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In the month of Māgha, O great goddess, in the bright fortnight, with senses restrained, / having fasted on the sixth [tithi], one should sleep at night in front of him.
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Having awakened on the seventh, one should worship the Sun with devotion; / one should feed brahmins with devotion and avoid deceit with regard to wealth.
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Men do not attain through well-performed tapas here, or through sacrifices with abundant priestly fees, / that destination which they reach who have taken refuge in the Sun.
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Even when worship is performed with devotion by men using only sprouts of dūrvā grass, / the Sun indeed gives a fruit very difficult to attain through all sacrifices.
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Therefore, with every effort, one should indeed worship the Sun, / just as Janaka and others attained perfection having worshipped the Sun.
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The Self of all, the lord of all worlds, the god of gods, Prajāpati; / the Sun alone is the root and supreme deity of the three worlds.
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In spring the Sun is tawny; in summer he has the radiance of gold; / in the rainy season he is white in color; and in autumn the Sun is pale.
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In early winter he is copper-colored, and in winter the Sun is blood-red; / thus according to the distinction of colors one should meditate on the Sun in due order.
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Having worshipped him according to the injunctions, self-restrained and with controlled senses, / one should recite the thousand names that destroy all sins.
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The goddess said: / Tell me the thousand names through [your] favor, O Lord Śaṃkara; / or proclaim something else that is equal to the thousand names.
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Īśvara said: / Enough with the thousand names; recite this auspicious hymn of praise! / Those names which are secret, pure, and auspicious, / those I shall proclaim to you; listen attentively with effort:
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Vikartana, Vivasvat, Mārtaṇḍa, Bhāskara, Ravi, / Illuminator of the World, the Glorious One, Eye of the World, Lord of Planets,
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Witness of the World, Lord of the Three Worlds, Creator, Destroyer, Dispeller of Darkness, / Burning One, Scorching One, Pure One, Having Seven Horses as His Vehicle,
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Ray-Handed, Brahmā, and Revered by All the Gods: / this twenty-one-fold hymn of praise is beloved of that great-souled one.
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It bestows bodily health, increases wealth, and brings renown; / it is known as the King of Hymns, celebrated throughout the three worlds.
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And whoever, O great goddess, having become pure, praises the Sun with this / at both twilight junctions—at setting and rising—is freed from all sins; / abundant in all desires, he goes to the world of the Sun.
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In this manner, O goddess, the greatness arising from Sāgarārka has been told, / which when heard pacifies floods of sorrow and destroys great sins.
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Thus, in the holy Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand [verses], in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the description of the greatness of Sāgarāditya, being the one hundred twenty-eighth chapter. 128.
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