Sumantu Muni informed King Shataanika that Samba, the son of Shri Krishna set up a Temple of Bhagavan Suryanarayana on the banks of the River Chandrabhaga where in the remote past Surya Deva performed ‘Tapas’ after creating Devas and human beings and also giving birth of himself to Aditi Devi as ‘Adithya’; he also assumed Twelve other Murtis viz. Indra, Dhata, Parjanya, Pusha, Twashta, Aryama, Bhaga, Vivishwan, Amshu, Vishnu, Varuna and Mitra. Among these twelve Murthis, Indra was Chief of Devas ruling Amaravati and destroying Daityas and Danavas from time to time. Dhata being in the Status of Prajapati took up the task of Creation; Parjanya in the Form of Sun rays rained all over the Universe; Pusha is in the form of Mantras engaged for Prajaaposhana; Twashtha is present in the form of ‘Vanaspati’ and ‘Aushadhi’ (Vegetable Oils and Herbal Medicines); Aryama who provides protection and relief to humanity; Bhaga is in the form of Earth and Mountains; Viviswan in the form of Agni / Fire and is the cooking facilitator of food as also of the destroying power; the ninth name of Surya Deva is Amshu or of the form of Chandra Deva who provides coolness and pleasure of existence; Vishnu is the tenth name of Surya who constanly checks the evil forces in the World and slays Danavaas and establishes virtue from time to time by assuming Incarnations; Varuna is the eleventh appearance present in water as the source of life and fertility staying in Oceans, Rivers and various water profiles; and finally, Mitra or form of propitiousness and help to humanity. In whatever form he might be, Surya Deva is indeed the ‘Karanam, Kaaranam and Karta’ or the Act, Action and the Supreme Actor in the drama of Life! Bhakti (Devotion), Shraddha (fortitude) and Puja (Worship) sum up the meanings of human life! The corresponding Twelve Names of Aditya are stated to identify with the Twelve Months of a Year viz. Chaitra with Vishnu, Vaishakha with Aryama, Jyeshtha with Viviswan, Ashadha with Amshuman, Shravana with Parjanya, Badrapada with Varuna, Ashwin with Indra, Kartika with Dhata, Margasirsha with Mitra, Pausha with Pusha, Magha with Bhaga and Twashta in Phalguna. Surya Deva has thousands of Kiranas (Rays) of which four hundred rays, known as Chandana generate Vrishti or rains; three hundred kiranas of yellow colour provide coolness entitled Chandra; three hundred more rays coloured white bestowing Aushadhis, Swadha, and Amrit by which human beings, Pitras and Devas are all happy. The names of the twenty most important rays are stated to be Heti, Kiran, Gow, Rashmi, Gabhasti, Abheeshu, Ghan, Usnu, Marichi, Naadi, Deedhiti, Saandhya, Mayukha, Amshu, Saptarchi, Suparna, Kara and Paada.
DEVA STUTI: At the time of ‘Pralaya’ or the Great Destruction when darkness engulfed the Universe, the foremost materialisation was of ‘Buddhi’ (Intelligence) which led to ‘Ahamkara’ (Self-image), which in turn created the ‘Pancha Bhutas’ or Five Elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Sky whose interplay led to the emergence of the Golden Egg containing Seven Lokas and Seven Oceans and Tri Murtis. A massive embodiment of Radiance appeared and the Devas extolled the Adi Deva as follows:

Adi Devosi Devanaam eeshwaraanaam Tameeswarah,
Adikartaasi Bhutaanaam Deva Deva Sanaatanah/
Jeevanam sarva satvaanaam Deva Gandharva Raakshasam,
Muni Kinnara Siddhanaam tadhaivoraga pakshinaam/
Twam Brahma twam Mahaa Devastvam Vishnustwam Prajaapatih,
Vayurindrascha Somescha Viviswaan Varunastathha/
Twam Kaalah Srishtikarta cha hartaa Traataa Prabhustatha,
Saritah Saagarah Shailavidhyudindra dhanushi cha,
Pralayah Prabhuvaschaiva Vyaktaavyakta Sanaatanah/
Eshwaraatparato Vidyaa Vidyaayah Paratah Shivah,
Shivaatparataro Devastwameva Parameswarah
/Sarvatah Praanipaadastwam Sarvatokshi shiro mukhah,
Sahsraamshustwam tu Deva Sahasrakiranasathaa/
Bhuraadi bhurbhuvahaswascha maharjanastapatasthaa,
Pradeeptam deeptimannityam Sarvaloka prakaashakam/
Durnireeksham Surendraanaam Yadyapam tasya the namah /
Sura sidhhir ganairjushtamBhrugvatri pulahaadibhih,
Shubham Paramamavyagram yadruupam tasya the namah/
Panchaateetsthitaam tadvai dashokaadasha eva cha,
Arthamasamatikramyasthitam tatsuryamandaley,
Tasmai rupaya the deva pranataam Sarva Devataah/
Vishwakruth-Visha bhrutbhutamcha Vishwanarasuraarchitam,
Vishwasthitamachintyam cha yadrupam tasya tey namah/
Param Yagnaatparam Devaatparam Lokaatparam divah,
Duraatikrameti yah khyatastasmaadapi Paramparaat,
Paramaatmeti vikyhatam yadrupam tasya tey namah/
Avigneyamachintyam cha Adhyaatmagatamavyayam,
Anaadi nidhanam Devam yadrupam tasya tey namah/
Namo namah Kaaranakaaranaya Namo namah Paapavinaashanaaya,
Namo Namo Vanditavandanaya Namo Namo Roga –vinaashanaaya/
Namo namah Sarva varapradaaya Namo namah Sarva balapradaaya,
Namo Namo Gyaananidhey Sadaiva Namo Namah Panchadashaatmakaya

( Hey Sanatana Deva, You are the foremost Creator and the Supreme Adi Deva; You are the Sourcer of Life of Devas, Gandharvas, Raakshasas, Munis, Kinnaras, Siddhas, Nagas, etc.; You are Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu; Prajapati ,Vayu, Indra, Soma, Vishvaswaan, Varuna and Kaala; You are the Creator, Destroyer and Preserver of the World; You are the Rivers, Oceans, Vidyut and Rainbows, Pralaya, Prabhava or cycle of birth and death; You are the comprehensible and incomprehensible; the Vidya/ knowledge prompted by Ishvara, Shiva prompted by Vidya and Paramadeva prompted by Shiva; You are spread all over the feet, legs, eyes, head and face; Your thousands of blazing rays illuminate all over including the Lokas of Bhuh, Bhuvah, Swah, Mahah, Janah, Tapah, and Satya; You are not possible to vision even by Indra and all other Devas, yet provide propitiousness and Peace to Munis like Bhrigu, Atri, Pulaha, and many other Siddhas; Your basic Rupa or Form is just not possible to visualise by the Five / Ten / or Eleven Indriyas (Faculties);
We pray to that Form of Vishvasrashta, Vishvasthita and Vishvabhuta who is Unique, worshipped by Indra and all other Devas; You are the Holy Form of Yagnas, Devatas, Lokas and the Great Sky and even far beyond as You are Endless, inexplicable, and inexhaustible; and You are the reason of reasons, sinless and sin-destroyer, worshipped by the Highest of the Highest, Panchadashatmika and the bestower of the best of boons and Powers; We greet You with all humility and veneration!). As all the Devas prayed to
Surya Deva, the latter appeared and asked for the boon of considerably diminishing his conflagration and radiance; Surya Deva requested Vishvakarma to trim down his severity and with the Shakti so reduced be utilized for materialising Vishnu Deva’s Sudarshana Chakra, Shiva’s Shula, and various other ‘Ayudhas’or weapons like maces, Vajras, Dhanush and arrows, and so on. Thus Surya Deva’s extreme heat and illumination got reduced substantially and thus became some what less harsh and ruthless.