Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
तद्दर्शनाद्भवेत्सम्यग्गोदानजनितं फलम् । गोलोकात्प्रेषिता गावः पूर्वं यच्छंभुना स्वयम्
taddarśanādbhavetsamyaggodānajanitaṃ phalam | golokātpreṣitā gāvaḥ pūrvaṃ yacchaṃbhunā svayam
By the mere sight of that (Goprekṣa), one fully obtains the merit produced by gifting cows. For in former times, cows were themselves sent from Goloka by Śambhu (Śiva) in person.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Goprekṣa-liṅga
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the Goprekṣa liṅga, a devotee’s darśana triggers a visionary tableau: celestial cows descending from Goloka, guided by Śiva’s will; the liṅga glows as if reflecting a herd’s gentle presence.
FAQs
Kāśī intensifies merit: darśana at a sanctified liṅga can equal major acts of charity, showing how place, devotion, and divine grace converge.
The Goprekṣa liṅga, praised for granting the fruit of go-dāna through darśana.
Cow-gift (go-dāna) is referenced as a benchmark of merit; the verse emphasizes darśana as an equivalent merit-bearing act.