Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 98
तस्थावंशेन तत्रैव कुमारेश्वरसंनिधौ । अत्र स्थितं कुमारं ये पश्यन्ति स्वामियात्रिमः
tasthāvaṃśena tatraiva kumāreśvarasaṃnidhau | atra sthitaṃ kumāraṃ ye paśyanti svāmiyātrimaḥ
তেওঁ বংশসহ তাতেই কুমাৰেশ্বৰ সন্নিধানত অৱস্থান কৰিলে। ইয়াত অৱস্থিত কুমাৰক যিসকল স্বামীয়াত্ৰাৰ যাত্ৰী দৰ্শন কৰে—
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Tirtha: Kumāreśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhārata (addressed in the continuation)
Scene: Skanda remains stationed near Kumāreśvara; pilgrims approach in procession, hands folded, indicating the beginning/continuation of Svāmiyātrā darśana.
FAQs
Darśana (sacred seeing) at a sanctified presence is itself a potent purifier for pilgrims.
Kumāreśvara-saṃnidhi (the sacred vicinity of Kumāreśvara) as the place where Kumāra is beheld.
Pilgrimage practice centered on darśana during the Svāmiyātrā.