Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 99
प्रातस्तु दर्शनाच्छंभोर्नैशमेनो व्यपोहति । मध्याह्ने दर्शनाच्छंभोः सप्तजन्मार्जितं नृणाम् । पापं प्रणाशमायाति निशायां नैव गण्यते
prātastu darśanācchaṃbhornaiśameno vyapohati | madhyāhne darśanācchaṃbhoḥ saptajanmārjitaṃ nṛṇām | pāpaṃ praṇāśamāyāti niśāyāṃ naiva gaṇyate
Durch das Schauen Śambhus am Morgen werden die Sünden der Nacht hinweggetrieben. Durch das Schauen Śambhus zur Mittagszeit wird die von den Menschen über sieben Geburten angesammelte Schuld vernichtet. Das Verdienst der Nacht aber ist jenseits allen Maßes.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra (Śambhu-darśana)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Three moments at the shrine: dawn light on the liṅga, blazing noon with pilgrims in line, and night-time lamp-lit sanctum with a vigil—each labeled with its sin-destroying fruit.
FAQs
Darśana of Śiva at sacred times is a powerful purifier, erasing sins from recent and even multiple lifetimes.
Kedāra-kṣetra is implied as the setting where Śambhu’s darśana yields extraordinary merit.
Seek Śambhu’s darśana especially in the morning and at midday; night-time devotion is praised as incalculably meritorious.