Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78
कलिकाल कृतैर्दोषैरत्युग्रैरपि मानवः । कलौ कृष्णमुखं दृष्ट्वा लिप्यते न कदाचन
kalikāla kṛtairdoṣairatyugrairapi mānavaḥ | kalau kṛṣṇamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā lipyate na kadācana
Même si l’homme est accablé par les fautes terriblement féroces engendrées par l’âge de Kali, en ce Kali-yuga, à la vue du visage de Kṛṣṇa, il n’est jamais souillé.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (Kṛṣṇa-darśana)
Type: kshetra
Listener: General audience within māhātmya discourse
Scene: A person shadowed by dark ‘Kali’ motifs approaches Kṛṣṇa; upon seeing His face, the shadows dissolve, leaving a clear, radiant aura.
FAQs
In Kali-yuga, darśana of Bhagavān is a direct purifier that neutralizes the age’s corrupting influence.
Implicitly Dvārakā/Kṛṣṇapurī, where Kṛṣṇa’s presence and darśana are central to the Māhātmya.
Darśana—seeing Kṛṣṇa (especially in the sacred setting of Kṛṣṇa’s city).