Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 60
अर्कमुद्दिश्य सततमस्मल्लोकनिवासिनः । श्रुतिं ह्युदाहरंतीमां सारासारविवेकिनः
arkamuddiśya satatamasmallokanivāsinaḥ | śrutiṃ hyudāharaṃtīmāṃ sārāsāravivekinaḥ
ಸೂರ್ಯನನ್ನು ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡು, ನಮ್ಮ ಲೋಕದ ನಿವಾಸಿಗಳು—ಸಾರಾಸಾರ ವಿವೇಕಿಗಳು—ಈ ವೈದಿಕ ಶ್ರುತಿವಾಕ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸದಾ ಉಚ್ಚರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ।
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.