Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 24
अथ स्यंदनमारोप्य नीतवानरुणं रविः । अद्यापि स रथे सौरे प्रातरेव समुद्यति
atha syaṃdanamāropya nītavānaruṇaṃ raviḥ | adyāpi sa rathe saure prātareva samudyati
Alors Ravi, le Soleil, fit monter Aruṇa sur le char et l’emmena. Aujourd’hui encore, sur le char solaire, il se lève dès l’aurore.
Skanda (narration resumes; speaker not marked, deduced from flow)
Tirtha: Aruṇāditya (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Sun-god’s chariot at dawn: Aruṇa seated/positioned as the forerunner on the solar ratha; the sun rises each morning, linking myth to the visible horizon glow.
FAQs
The daily sunrise is portrayed as a sacred, ongoing divine act—inviting daily remembrance and reverence.
The larger Aruṇāditya māhātmya belongs to Kāśī, though this verse itself focuses on the cosmic narrative of sunrise.
No explicit ritual is stated here; it supports daily contemplation of Sūrya’s rising.