Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
तस्मिन्दृष्टे वरारोहे सप्तजन्मकृतं नृणाम् । पापं प्रणश्यते शीघ्रं तमः सूर्योदये यथा
tasmindṛṣṭe varārohe saptajanmakṛtaṃ nṛṇām | pāpaṃ praṇaśyate śīghraṃ tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā
হে সুশোভিত কটিদেশী দেবী, কেৱল সেই (শাকল্যেশ্বৰ)ৰ দৰ্শনতেই মানুহৰ সাত জন্মত সঞ্চিত পাপ শীঘ্ৰে নাশ হয়—যেনেকৈ সূৰ্যোদয়ত অন্ধকাৰ লয় পায়।
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing)
Tirtha: Śākalyeśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A pilgrim beholds the Śākalyeśvara liṅga at dawn; darkness recedes as the sun rises; a visual overlay shows ‘sins’ dissolving like shadows; Devī addressed as varārohā in a gentle, intimate tone.
FAQs
Sacred darśana at a powerful Śiva-sthala is portrayed as an immediate purifier of long-standing karmic impurity.
Śākalyeśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra.
Darśana (beholding the deity/liṅga) is emphasized as a key pilgrimage act with purificatory power.