Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11
तल्लिंगदर्शनात्पुंसां पापं जन्मशतार्जितम् । तमोर्कोदयमाप्येव तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति
talliṃgadarśanātpuṃsāṃ pāpaṃ janmaśatārjitam | tamorkodayamāpyeva tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati
Par la seule vision de ce liṅga, les péchés amassés par les hommes durant cent naissances sont anéantis sur-le-champ, comme l’obscurité s’évanouit dès que le soleil se lève.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśī-khaṇḍa context, Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Jyeṣṭheśvara
Type: temple
Scene: Devotees behold the Jyeṣṭheśvara liṅga; a symbolic sunrise beam enters the shrine, visually dissolving shadowy forms representing accumulated sins.
FAQs
Sacred darśana (vision) of Śiva in Kāśī is portrayed as immediately purifying, dissolving deep karmic darkness.
The liṅga at Jyeṣṭhasthāna—Jyeṣṭheśvara—in Kāśī.
Darśana is the key act: simply beholding the liṅga is said to remove long-accumulated sin.