Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
अत्र त्वत्स्थापितां मूर्तिं ये भजिष्यंति मानवाः । वाराणस्यां महादेवोत्तरे तेषां कुतो भयम्
atra tvatsthāpitāṃ mūrtiṃ ye bhajiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ | vārāṇasyāṃ mahādevottare teṣāṃ kuto bhayam
വാരാണസിയിൽ മഹാദേവന്റെ ഉത്തരഭാഗത്ത് നീ സ്ഥാപിച്ച ഈ മൂർത്തിയെ ഇവിടെ ആരെല്ലാം ഭജിച്ച് ആരാധിക്കുമോ, അവർക്കെവിടെ നിന്നാണ് ഭയം വരിക?
Arka (Sūrya) (context continuation from previous verse)
Tirtha: Aruṇāditya (north of Mahādeva, Kāśī)
Type: temple
Listener: Muni
Scene: Pilgrims worship an image established by Aruṇa, located north of Mahādeva in Vārāṇasī; the verse proclaims that such devotees have no fear.
FAQs
Worship performed at a divinely sanctioned shrine in Kāśī grants protection and fearlessness.
The Aruṇāditya image-site in Vārāṇasī, described as being north of Mahādeva.
Bhajana/arcana—devotional worship of the established mūrti at that specific Kāśī location.