Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 39
योसावादित्यपुरुषः सोसावहमिति स्फुटम् । अंधतमः प्रविशंति ये चैवान्यमुपासते
yosāvādityapuruṣaḥ sosāvahamiti sphuṭam | aṃdhatamaḥ praviśaṃti ye caivānyamupāsate
സൂര്യനിലെ ആ ആദിത്യപുരുഷൻ തന്നെയാണ് ‘ഞാൻ’—ഇത് വ്യക്തം. മറ്റെന്തിനെയെങ്കിലും ഉപാസിക്കുന്നവർ ഘോരാന്ധകാരത്തിലേക്ക് പ്രവേശിക്കുന്നു।
Gaṇas
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija/brāhmaṇa inquirer
Scene: A sunrise over the Gaṅgā at Kāśī: the solar disc contains a subtle Puruṣa form; the listener realizes ‘He is I’, while a contrasting shadowy path symbolizes ‘andhatamas’ for misdirected worship.
FAQs
Realize the one Self (the divine principle) as the true object of worship; misdirected worship leads to spiritual ignorance.
Kāśī is the textual setting; the verse itself focuses on inner realization rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
It implies correct upāsanā—single-pointed worship/realization of the one divine Self—without detailing a ritual.