Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
तमोंधकूपपतितमुद्यन्नेष दिनेदिने । प्रसार्य परितः पाणीन्प्राणिजातं समुद्धरेत्
tamoṃdhakūpapatitamudyanneṣa dinedine | prasārya paritaḥ pāṇīnprāṇijātaṃ samuddharet
រៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃព្រះអង្គរះឡើង ហើយសង្គ្រោះសត្វលោកដែលធ្លាក់ក្នុងអណ្ដូងងងឹតនៃអន្ធការ ដូចជាលាតដៃទៅគ្រប់ទិស ដើម្បីលើកឡើង។
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (metaphor of uplift from tamas)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (traditional)
Scene: Sūrya rises with anthropomorphic compassion—arms extended—pulling beings from a dark, circular well; the world transitions from deep indigo night to saffron dawn.
FAQs
Light is portrayed as rescue: divine order continually raises beings from ignorance and inertia toward awareness and life.
No specific Kāśī location is named; the imagery is universal and devotional.
None directly; the verse implicitly honors daily sunrise devotion and the dhārmic ideal of moving from tamas to light.