Shloka 95 - Adhyaya 1 - Uttara Ardha - Kashi Khanda | German | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

।श्रीसूर्य उवाच । तथास्त्विति महाप्राज्ञ शृण्वन्यं वरमुत्तमम् । त्वयेयं पूजिता मूर्तिरेवं काश्यां महामते

Transliteration

|śrīsūrya uvāca | tathāstviti mahāprājña śṛṇvanyaṃ varamuttamam | tvayeyaṃ pūjitā mūrtirevaṃ kāśyāṃ mahāmate

Translation

Śrī Sūrya sprach: „So sei es, o Hochweiser. Höre noch einen weiteren, erhabenen Segen: Auf eben diese Weise, o Großgesinnter, ist dieses Bildnis von dir hier in Kāśī verehrt worden.“

Word by Word

श्रीसूर्यःthe venerable Sun (Śrī Sūrya)

उवाचsaid

तथाthus

अस्तुlet it be

इतिthus (quoting)

महाप्राज्ञO greatly wise one

शृणुhear

अन्यम्another

वरम्boon

उत्तमम्excellent

त्वयाby you

इयम्this

पूजिताworshipped

मूर्तिःimage/form

एवम्thus

काश्याम्in Kāśī

महामतेO great-minded one

Speaker

Sūrya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimalāditya (Sūrya) mūrti in Kāśī

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya speaks directly, granting the requested boon and announcing an additional excellent boon tied to the worship of the image in Kāśī; the moment is one of divine speech and consecratory affirmation.

Characters & Entities

Sūrya

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

Vimala

Sūrya-mūrti (image)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion is sincere, the deity confirms the devotee’s prayer and also sanctifies the form (mūrti) through which worship was offered.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), explicitly named as the place where the Sūrya image is worshipped and blessed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit validation of mūrti-pūjā in Kāśī—worship of the Sun’s image as performed by the devotee.