तापयन्दुःखसंघातं साधूनाप्याययन्रविः । उत्तरार्को महातेजाः काशीं रक्षति सर्वदा
tāpayanduḥkhasaṃghātaṃ sādhūnāpyāyayanraviḥ | uttarārko mahātejāḥ kāśīṃ rakṣati sarvadā
苦悩の群れを焼き尽くし、善き人々を養う太陽は、ウッタラールカとして大いなる光威をもって、常にカーシーを守護する。
Skanda
Tirtha: Uttarārka (Arka-kuṇḍa)
Type: kund
Listener: ‘Suvrata’ interlocutor
Scene: Sūrya as a blazing guardian above Kāśī, rays like a garland; dark forms of ‘duḥkha’ are scorched away while ascetics and devotees are bathed in warm light.
Divine power in Kāśī is portrayed as both purifying (burning sorrow) and sustaining (nourishing the righteous).
Uttarārka (associated with Arka-kuṇḍa) as a protective solar presence over Kāśī.
None directly; it states the deity’s ongoing protective and beneficent function.