Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 150
सशल्यं वासरं विष्णोः कुर्वंति यदि पुत्रक । तस्माद्गच्छ मुखं पश्य पूर्णचन्द्रसमं मुखम्
saśalyaṃ vāsaraṃ viṣṇoḥ kurvaṃti yadi putraka | tasmādgaccha mukhaṃ paśya pūrṇacandrasamaṃ mukham
Ô mon fils, si l’on accomplit le jour sacré de Viṣṇu d’une manière souillée, alors va et contemple ce Visage—ce Visage rayonnant tel la pleine lune.
Pretāḥ (departed spirits)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa-darśana)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Putraka (son/young interlocutor)
Scene: A compassionate elder addresses a ‘son’ (pūtraka), pointing toward the sanctum where Kṛṣṇa’s face shines like a full moon; the devotee’s ritual implements appear slightly disordered, symbolizing ‘tainted observance,’ yet the deity’s radiance overrides the defect.
FAQs
When practice is flawed, turning to direct devotion—seeking the Lord’s darśana—becomes the saving refuge.
Dvārakā is implied as the place of that divine darśana, in the wider Dvārakā Māhātmya setting.
Seek darśana of the Lord (the radiant ‘face like the full moon’) as the corrective path.