Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
ऋषय ऊचुः । एष एव वरोऽस्माकं सर्वेषां हृदि वर्त्तितः । युगपद्दर्शनाद्देव जायतां फलमुत्तमम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | eṣa eva varo'smākaṃ sarveṣāṃ hṛdi varttitaḥ | yugapaddarśanāddeva jāyatāṃ phalamuttamam
Les sages dirent : «Voici l’unique grâce qui demeure au cœur de nous tous : ô Deva, de ce darśana reçu ensemble, que naisse le fruit suprême.»
Ṛṣis (assembled sages)
Listener: Śrī Mahādeva
Scene: Sages, hands folded, speak in one voice, requesting the supreme fruit born from their shared darśana of Śiva.
FAQs
Devotees seek not worldly gain but the ‘uttama phala’—the highest spiritual benefit arising from divine darśana.
The Koṭiliṅga-associated sacred place in Arbuda, where simultaneous darśana becomes possible.
No explicit rite; the emphasis is on darśana itself as a spiritually fruitful act.