Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
लोलार्क उत्तरार्कश्च सांबादित्यस्तथैव च । चतुर्थो द्रुपदादित्यो मयूखादित्य एव च
lolārka uttarārkaśca sāṃbādityastathaiva ca | caturtho drupadādityo mayūkhāditya eva ca
وہ یہ ہیں: لولارک، اُتّرارک اور سامبادتیہ؛ چوتھا دروپدادتیہ ہے، اور نیز مایوکھادتیہ۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Lolārka; Uttarārka; Sāmbāditya; Drupadāditya; Mayūkhāditya (Kāśī)
Type: temple
Listener: Ghaṭodbhava (contextual)
Scene: A pilgrim’s procession through Kāśī, stopping at five sun-shrines; each shrine has a distinct emblem: swinging earrings for Lolārka, northern orientation for Uttarārka, Sāmba with Sūrya for Sāmbāditya, royal Drupada motif for Drupadāditya, and radiant rays for Mayūkhāditya.
FAQs
Kāśī is safeguarded and sanctified through multiple divine manifestations, here expressed as distinct solar forms.
The Kāśī-kṣetra generally, through its associated Āditya-sthānas (solar sacred spots).
None in this verse; it is a listing of sacred solar forms connected with Kāśī.