Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
अर्कमुद्दिश्य सततमस्मल्लोकनिवासिनः । श्रुतिं ह्युदाहरंतीमां सारासारविवेकिनः
arkamuddiśya satatamasmallokanivāsinaḥ | śrutiṃ hyudāharaṃtīmāṃ sārāsāravivekinaḥ
太陽を念じつつ、本質と非本質を見分ける識者たちは、この世の人々の間で、つねにこのヴェーダの聖句を唱え挙げる。
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.