Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
अर्कमुद्दिश्य सततमस्मल्लोकनिवासिनः । श्रुतिं ह्युदाहरंतीमां सारासारविवेकिनः
arkamuddiśya satatamasmallokanivāsinaḥ | śrutiṃ hyudāharaṃtīmāṃ sārāsāravivekinaḥ
Dengan memandang Surya, para bijaksana yang mampu membedakan yang hakiki dari yang tidak hakiki, senantiasa mengutip sabda Weda ini di tengah umat di dunia kita.
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Sūrya-darśana context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: On a Kāśī ghat at dawn, learned brāhmaṇas and pilgrims face the rising Sun; a senior scholar recites a śruti-utterance while others listen, hands joined, the river and temples behind them.
FAQs
Purāṇic praise is anchored in śruti; true discernment upholds Vedic testimony when honoring Sūrya.
No specific tīrtha is named; the passage transitions to a śruti-mantra used in solar veneration within Kāśīkhaṇḍa.
The act of citing/reciting a śruti passage in reference to the Sun is implied.