Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
व्यास उवाच । सूर्य आत्मास्य जगतस्तस्थुषस्तमसोरिपुः । उदियायोदयगिरौ शुचिप्रसृमरैः करैः
vyāsa uvāca | sūrya ātmāsya jagatastasthuṣastamasoripuḥ | udiyāyodayagirau śuciprasṛmaraiḥ karaiḥ
व्यास म्हणाले—चराचर जगाचा प्राण व तमाचा शत्रू असा सूर्य उदयगिरीवर उदित झाला आणि आपल्या पवित्र, दूरवर पसरलेल्या किरणांनी जग उजळू लागला।
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual dawn over Gaṅgā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Sun rises over a stylized eastern mountain, sending clean, spreading rays across a sacred river city; darkness retreats; pilgrims on ghats prepare for morning rites.
FAQs
Sūrya symbolizes the awakening of dharma and clarity—dispelling tamas and sustaining all beings.
No specific tīrtha is named; ‘Udayagiri’ functions as a cosmological horizon-motif rather than a localized tīrtha in this verse.
None directly; the verse supports the broader dharmic rhythm of day, rites, and sacred time.