विनायक-पूजाका माहात्म्य

Summary of chapter 20 of the Bhavishya Mahā Purana is as follows:

The Sauradharma — the complete dharma of those who worship Bhagavān Sūrya as the supreme — is delivered by Sūrya himself to his charioteer Aruṇa and transmitted through the Purāṇic lineage. This is one of the most systematic solar theology texts in Sanātana Dharma. It covers the cosmology of the Sūrya-maṇḍala and its precise structure; the seven-horse chariot (sapta-aśva-ratha) and its symbolic mapping onto the seven metres of the Vedas; the twenty-four forms of Sūrya and their associated mantras; the parivāra of Sūrya (Aruṇa, Daṇḍa and Piṅgala as dvārapālas, and the nine grahas in their relationship to the sun); the rules of Sūrya-pūjā; the method of Sūrya-namaskāra; the dietary and behavioral disciplines of a Saura devotee; and the extraordinary assurance of liberation for those who die in a Sūrya tīrtha. The Sauradharma stands as a self-contained guide to the full path of solar devotion accessible to all four varṇas.