Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
द्युमणिर्हरिदश्वोर्को भानुमान्भयनाशनः । छन्दोश्वो वेदवेद्यश्च भास्वान्पूषा वृषाकपिः
dyumaṇirharidaśvorko bhānumānbhayanāśanaḥ | chandośvo vedavedyaśca bhāsvānpūṣā vṛṣākapiḥ
द्युमणि, हरिदश्व, अर्क, भानुमान, भयनाशन; छन्दोश्व, वेदवेद्य, भास्वान, पूषा आणि वृषाकपि—ही सूर्यदेवांची नावे आहेत।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (general context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sūrya as the Veda-known deity: rays shaped like Vedic meters, sages chanting on a Kāśī ghat; the sun’s chariot implied by radiant geometry; fear dissolving as darkness retreats.
FAQs
Sūrya is Veda-grounded and nourishing; devotion to him dispels fear and strengthens life-force.
Kāśī remains the implied sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration.
Chanting Sūrya’s names, especially as Veda-aligned praise (stuti).