Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 45
राजन्वृद्धो गुणैर्वृद्धो ब्राह्मणः सुविचक्षणः । एकोस्ति स तु द्रष्टव्यो मूर्तो ब्रह्मनिधिः परः
rājanvṛddho guṇairvṛddho brāhmaṇaḥ suvicakṣaṇaḥ | ekosti sa tu draṣṭavyo mūrto brahmanidhiḥ paraḥ
হে রাজন! এক ব্রাহ্মণ আছেন—বয়সে বৃদ্ধ, গুণে আরও অধিক সমৃদ্ধ, অতিশয় বিচক্ষণ। তিনি অনন্য; তাঁর দর্শন অবশ্যই করা উচিত—যেন ব্রহ্মের পরম নিধি দেহধারী হয়ে প্রকাশিত।
Queen Līlāvatī (reporting to King Divodāsa)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Queen addressing the king with reverence, describing an elderly brāhmaṇa whose presence is like a manifest treasury of Brahman; the brāhmaṇa is not yet shown, creating anticipation and sacred awe.
FAQs
The darśana of a truly virtuous person is itself a sacred gain—holiness can appear as ‘embodied Brahman’ through character.
The narrative belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa (Kāśī/Vārāṇasī sacred landscape), though the verse highlights saintly darśana rather than a named tīrtha.
An implied practice is darśana (seeking audience) of the holy; no formal ritual is detailed.