Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 1
व्यास उवाच । सूर्य आत्मास्य जगतस्तस्थुषस्तमसोरिपुः । उदियायोदयगिरौ शुचिप्रसृमरैः करैः
vyāsa uvāca | sūrya ātmāsya jagatastasthuṣastamasoripuḥ | udiyāyodayagirau śuciprasṛmaraiḥ karaiḥ
ویاس نے کہا: سورج—اس جگت کی جان، متحرک و ساکن سب کا آتما، اور تاریکی کا دشمن—مشرق کے پہاڑ پر طلوع ہوا، اپنی پاک کرنیں پھیلاتا ہوا۔
Vyāsa
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual dawn over Gaṅgā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The Sun rises over a stylized eastern mountain, sending clean, spreading rays across a sacred river city; darkness retreats; pilgrims on ghats prepare for morning rites.
FAQs
Sūrya symbolizes the awakening of dharma and clarity—dispelling tamas and sustaining all beings.
No specific tīrtha is named; ‘Udayagiri’ functions as a cosmological horizon-motif rather than a localized tīrtha in this verse.
None directly; the verse supports the broader dharmic rhythm of day, rites, and sacred time.