Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 13
नमोस्तु ते ब्रह्मविदांवराय दिगंबरायांबर संस्थिताय । हिरण्यवर्णाय हिरण्यबाहवे नमो हिरण्याय हिरण्यरेतसे
namostu te brahmavidāṃvarāya digaṃbarāyāṃbara saṃsthitāya | hiraṇyavarṇāya hiraṇyabāhave namo hiraṇyāya hiraṇyaretase
آپ کو نمسکار—اے برہمن کے جاننے والوں میں سب سے برتر؛ اے دگمبر تپسوی، جو آسمانوں میں قائم ہے؛ سنہری رنگ والے، سنہری بازو والے—اے زرّیں ذات، سنہری قوت اور تخلیقی توانائی والے، آپ کو نمسکار۔
Agastya
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (jñāna-vairāgya frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Skanda appears as a radiant golden ascetic, sky-clad, standing against a vast celestial blue; his arms gleam like gold; Agastya’s gaze is steady, as if receiving brahma-vidyā through darśana.
FAQs
Spiritual mastery unites renunciation (digambara) with luminous power (hiraṇya), showing dharma as both purity and potency.
Kāśī’s sanctity forms the backdrop, where knowledge of Brahman and worship of divine forms are celebrated together.
No explicit prescription; it is a mantra-like praise emphasizing contemplation of the deity’s attributes.