Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 40
मनागतिग्मतां प्राप्ते खे प्रयाति विवस्वति । ताभ्यां तुरंगमो दर्शि किंचित्किर्मीरवान्रथे
manāgatigmatāṃ prāpte khe prayāti vivasvati | tābhyāṃ turaṃgamo darśi kiṃcitkirmīravānrathe
Cuando el Sol (Vivasvān), habiendo alcanzado una intensidad más suave, avanzó por el cielo, el corcel del carro se les apareció, de color algo jaspeado.
Narrator (Skanda-to-Agastya framework for Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Scene: The Sun’s chariot moves across the sky with softened radiance; the horse on the chariot becomes visible—its coat/tail appearing slightly mottled; observers gaze upward, shading their eyes.
FAQs
Cosmic order is portrayed as measured and regulated—intensity gives way to gentleness, suggesting dharma as balance rather than excess.
No specific Kāśī site is named in this verse; it remains within a cosmological-narrative passage.
None explicitly.
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