Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65
अर्चितः सविता सूते सुतान्पशु वसूनि च । व्याधीन्हरेद्ददात्यायुः पूरयेद्वांछितान्यपि
arcitaḥ savitā sūte sutānpaśu vasūni ca | vyādhīnhareddadātyāyuḥ pūrayedvāṃchitānyapi
جب سویتṛ (سورج دیو) کی پوجا کی جائے تو وہ بیٹے، مویشی اور دولت عطا کرتا ہے؛ بیماریوں کو دور کرتا ہے، درازیِ عمر بخشتا ہے اور مطلوبہ مرادیں بھی پوری کرتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly as Skanda teaching Agastya)
Tirtha: Sūrya-upāsanā in Kāśī (contextual)
Type: ghat
Scene: At dawn on a Kāśī ghat, a devotee offers arghya to the rising Sun; rays illuminate the Ganga; behind, a small Sūrya shrine and priests chant; symbols of sons, cattle, and wealth appear as auspicious motifs; a healed patient stands nearby.
FAQs
Reverent worship of the Sun, a cosmic witness and sustainer, supports both worldly welfare and dharmic fulfilment.
This is a general phala-śruti within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s ritual teaching; no single tīrtha is named in the verse.
It commends Savitṛ worship (Sūrya-upāsanā) and lists its fruits: offspring, prosperity, disease-removal, longevity, and fulfilment of desires.