Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
बाल्ये वयसि यत्पापं वार्द्धके यौवनेऽपि वा । वसिष्ठदर्शनात्सद्यो नराणां याति संक्षयम्
bālye vayasi yatpāpaṃ vārddhake yauvane'pi vā | vasiṣṭhadarśanātsadyo narāṇāṃ yāti saṃkṣayam
Cualquier pecado que una persona haya acumulado—en la niñez, en la juventud o en la vejez—por el solo darśana (visión sagrada) de Vasiṣṭha se extingue de inmediato en los seres humanos.
Sūta (deduced, Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Vasiṣṭha-darśana (Vasiṣṭhāśrama, Arbuda)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: A pilgrim approaches Vasiṣṭha seated in meditation; as the pilgrim beholds him, dark wisps symbolizing sins dissolve into light around the hermitage.
FAQs
Darśana of a realized sage is itself a purifying act that burns away accumulated wrongdoing across all life-stages.
Vasiṣṭha’s presence at his āśrama, whose darśana is praised as immediately purifying.
No complex rite is required here—simply obtaining Vasiṣṭha’s darśana is presented as spiritually efficacious.