Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 92
शनैर्विज्ञापयांचक्र एकचक्ररथं रविम् । जगच्चक्षुरमेयात्मन्महाध्वांतविधूनन
śanairvijñāpayāṃcakra ekacakrarathaṃ ravim | jagaccakṣurameyātmanmahādhvāṃtavidhūnana
แล้วเขาจึงกราบทูลด้วยความนอบน้อมต่อพระรวิ ผู้มีรถศึกล้อเดียวว่า “โอ้ ดวงเนตรแห่งโลก โอ้ อาตมันอันประมาณมิได้ โอ้ ผู้ขจัดความมืดใหญ่!”
Skanda (narration to Agastya, per Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)
Scene: Vimala, still humble, raises folded hands and praises Sūrya: the one-wheeled chariot appears in the sky, rays sweeping away a dark veil over the world.
FAQs
Approaching the divine with humility and praise aligns the devotee with the light that removes inner and outer darkness.
Kāśī, as the sacred stage for Sūrya’s grace and the establishment of a famed image (pratimā) in later verses.
Stuti (praise) through divine epithets as a devotional mode of prayer before requesting a boon.