Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 22
येर्चयिष्यंति सततमरुणादित्यसंज्ञकम् । मामत्र तेषां नो दुःखं न दारिद्र्यं न पातकम्
yercayiṣyaṃti satatamaruṇādityasaṃjñakam | māmatra teṣāṃ no duḥkhaṃ na dāridryaṃ na pātakam
ഇവിടെ ‘അരുണാദിത്യ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ എന്നെ നിരന്തരം ആരാധിക്കുന്നവർക്ക് ദുഃഖമില്ല, ദാരിദ്ര്യമില്ല, പാപവും ഇല്ല।
Arka (Sūrya) (context continuation)
Tirtha: Aruṇāditya (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A Kāśī shrine at dawn: Aruṇāditya as a radiant solar presence, devotees offering flowers and arghya; the promise of freedom from sorrow, poverty, and sin is implied through serene faces and auspicious light.
FAQs
Steady devotion to the deity at a sacred place yields both worldly well-being (freedom from poverty and sorrow) and moral purification (freedom from sin).
The Aruṇāditya worship-site in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) described in this adhyāya.
Satatārcana—regular/continuous worship (arcana) of Aruṇāditya at that place.