Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
उदयं तं न चेक्षेत नास्तं यंतं न मध्यगम् । न राहुणोपसृष्टं च नांबुसंस्थं दिवाकरम्
udayaṃ taṃ na cekṣeta nāstaṃ yaṃtaṃ na madhyagam | na rāhuṇopasṛṣṭaṃ ca nāṃbusaṃsthaṃ divākaram
सूर्य उदयास, अस्तास व मध्यान्ही पाहू नये. राहुग्रस्त (ग्रहणातील) सूर्यही पाहू नये, तसेच पाण्यात प्रतिबिंबित सूर्यही पाहू नये.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Gaṅgā-ghāṭs)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrims/householders learning ghāṭ-ācāra
Scene: A ghāṭ scene where a devotee performs arghya at twilight with eyes lowered; above, the Sun is shown at different positions—rising, setting, zenith—and an eclipse vignette with Rāhu’s shadow; water reflection motif warns against gazing.
FAQs
Dharma includes bodily and ritual discipline—respecting cosmic transitions and avoiding inauspicious gazes.
While not naming a tirtha in the verse, the instruction is embedded in Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s sacred lifestyle code.
Avoid looking at the Sun at sunrise, sunset, zenith, during eclipse, or as a reflection in water.