Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
अर्चितः सविता सूते सुतान्पशु वसूनि च । व्याधीन्हरेद्ददात्यायुः पूरयेद्वांछितान्यपि
arcitaḥ savitā sūte sutānpaśu vasūni ca | vyādhīnhareddadātyāyuḥ pūrayedvāṃchitānyapi
ពេលអធិស្ឋានបូជាព្រះសវិត្រ (ព្រះអាទិត្យ) ព្រះអង្គប្រទានកូន បសុសត្វ និងទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិ; ព្រះអង្គបំបាត់ជំងឺ ប្រទានអាយុវែង ហើយបំពេញបំណងដែលប្រាថ្នាទៀតផង។
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.