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
Yaong mga taong sasamba rito sa imaheng itinatag mo—sa hilagang panig ni Mahādeva sa Vārāṇasī—paanong magkakaroon pa sila ng takot?
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.