Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
शनैर्विज्ञापयांचक्र एकचक्ररथं रविम् । जगच्चक्षुरमेयात्मन्महाध्वांतविधूनन
śanairvijñāpayāṃcakra ekacakrarathaṃ ravim | jagaccakṣurameyātmanmahādhvāṃtavidhūnana
やがて彼は、ひとつ輪の御車に乗るラヴィに、やわらかな謙遜をもって申し上げた。「世の眼よ、量り知れぬ真我よ、大いなる闇を払い除く御方よ！」
Skanda (narration to Agastya, per Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)
Scene: Vimala, still humble, raises folded hands and praises Sūrya: the one-wheeled chariot appears in the sky, rays sweeping away a dark veil over the world.
FAQs
Approaching the divine with humility and praise aligns the devotee with the light that removes inner and outer darkness.
Kāśī, as the sacred stage for Sūrya’s grace and the establishment of a famed image (pratimā) in later verses.
Stuti (praise) through divine epithets as a devotional mode of prayer before requesting a boon.