Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34
दर्शनादपि तीर्थस्य तस्य वै सुरसत्तमे । मुच्यन्ते प्राणिनः पापादाजन्ममरणांतिकात्
darśanādapi tīrthasya tasya vai surasattame | mucyante prāṇinaḥ pāpādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt
হে দেবশ্রেষ্ঠ, সেই তীর্থের কেবল দর্শনমাত্রেই জীবেরা পাপ থেকে মুক্ত হয়—যে পাপ জন্ম থেকে মৃত্যুপর্যন্ত তাদের অনুসরণ করে।
Unspecified (contextual narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)
Tirtha: Tritakūpa-tīrtha (chapter context) / a Prabhāsa tīrtha praised for darśana
Type: kund
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A pilgrim stands at the threshold of the tīrtha, hands folded; a radiant path of light rises from the waters, symbolizing sins dissolving from birth to death; devas witness from above.
FAQs
Sacred geography is transformative: even simple darśana of a tīrtha can dissolve long-accumulated sin.
A tīrtha within Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa region) is being praised; the verse emphasizes its power even through mere sight.
No ritual is prescribed here; the act highlighted is darśana (reverential viewing/visiting).