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
வாராணசியில் மகாதேவனின் வடபுறத்தில் நீ நிறுவிய இந்த மூர்த்தியை இங்கு யார் வழிபடுகிறார்களோ, அவர்களுக்கு அச்சம் எங்கிருந்து வரும்?
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.