Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8
यो हि दर्शनमात्रेण पुनाति सकलं जगत् । त्रातारं भुवनस्यास्य निशम्य पितृराट्स्वयम्
yo hi darśanamātreṇa punāti sakalaṃ jagat | trātāraṃ bhuvanasyāsya niśamya pitṛrāṭsvayam
Denn er, der schon durch bloßes Schauen die ganze Welt reinigt — als er von ihm als dem Retter dieses Universums hörte, wurde Pitṛrāṭ (Yama) selbst zum Handeln bewegt.
Lomaśa
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant deity whose mere glance sanctifies; the world symbolically cleansed (lotus-like earth), while Yama (Pitṛrāṭ) listens, stirred, preparing to act in reverence.
FAQs
Darśana (sacred vision) of the divine is itself purifying and transformative, drawing even great cosmic powers toward devotion.
Implicitly the Kedāra sacred landscape where such purifying darśana is thematically celebrated, though the verse does not name a specific tirtha.
No explicit rite; the emphasis is on the merit of darśana (beholding the divine).