Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 61
एषो ह देवः प्रदिशोनु सर्वाः पूर्वो ह जातः स उ गर्भे अंतः । स एव जातः स जनिष्यमाणः प्रत्यङ्जानास्तिष्ठति सर्वतोमुखः
eṣo ha devaḥ pradiśonu sarvāḥ pūrvo ha jātaḥ sa u garbhe aṃtaḥ | sa eva jātaḥ sa janiṣyamāṇaḥ pratyaṅjānāstiṣṭhati sarvatomukhaḥ
یہی دیوتا سب سمتوں میں پھیلا ہوا ہے؛ وہی اوّلین پیدا ہوا، اور وہی رحم کے اندر بھی ہے۔ وہی پیدا ہوا ہے اور وہی ابھی پیدا ہونے والا ہے؛ باطن رُخ ہو کر، ہر طرف چہروں والا کھڑا ہے۔
Śruti (Vedic quotation) cited by Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Sūrya-tattva contemplation)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A visionary tableau: Sūrya as a multi-faced, all-directional presence—one face in each quarter—while simultaneously shown as a subtle light within a womb silhouette, and as a rising and setting sun to indicate born and yet-to-be-born.
FAQs
The divine principle (here aligned with Sūrya) is omnipresent—within creation, before it, and through all time.
None is named; the śruti mantra supports the theology behind solar worship within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.
No direct prescription; it is a recited śruti passage used for veneration and contemplation.