उदयं तं न चेक्षेत नास्तं यंतं न मध्यगम् । न राहुणोपसृष्टं च नांबुसंस्थं दिवाकरम्
udayaṃ taṃ na cekṣeta nāstaṃ yaṃtaṃ na madhyagam | na rāhuṇopasṛṣṭaṃ ca nāṃbusaṃsthaṃ divākaram
سورج کو نہ طلوع کے وقت دیکھے، نہ غروب کے وقت، نہ عین سر پر ہونے پر۔ نہ راہو کے گرفت میں (گرہن) کے وقت، اور نہ پانی میں منعکس دیواکر کو دیکھے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Gaṅgā-ghāṭs)
Type: ghat
Listener: Pilgrims/householders learning ghāṭ-ācāra
Scene: A ghāṭ scene where a devotee performs arghya at twilight with eyes lowered; above, the Sun is shown at different positions—rising, setting, zenith—and an eclipse vignette with Rāhu’s shadow; water reflection motif warns against gazing.
Dharma includes bodily and ritual discipline—respecting cosmic transitions and avoiding inauspicious gazes.
While not naming a tirtha in the verse, the instruction is embedded in Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s sacred lifestyle code.
Avoid looking at the Sun at sunrise, sunset, zenith, during eclipse, or as a reflection in water.