Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
अर्चितः सविता सूते सुतान्पशु वसूनि च । व्याधीन्हरेद्ददात्यायुः पूरयेद्वांछितान्यपि
arcitaḥ savitā sūte sutānpaśu vasūni ca | vyādhīnhareddadātyāyuḥ pūrayedvāṃchitānyapi
સવિતા (સૂર્યદેવ) પૂજિત થાય ત્યારે પુત્રો, પશુ અને ધન આપે છે; રોગો હરે છે, દીર્ઘ આયુષ્ય આપે છે અને ઇચ્છિત કામનાઓ પણ પૂર્ણ કરે છે.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly as Skanda teaching Agastya)
Tirtha: Sūrya-upāsanā in Kāśī (contextual)
Type: ghat
Scene: At dawn on a Kāśī ghat, a devotee offers arghya to the rising Sun; rays illuminate the Ganga; behind, a small Sūrya shrine and priests chant; symbols of sons, cattle, and wealth appear as auspicious motifs; a healed patient stands nearby.
FAQs
Reverent worship of the Sun, a cosmic witness and sustainer, supports both worldly welfare and dharmic fulfilment.
This is a general phala-śruti within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s ritual teaching; no single tīrtha is named in the verse.
It commends Savitṛ worship (Sūrya-upāsanā) and lists its fruits: offspring, prosperity, disease-removal, longevity, and fulfilment of desires.