Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
बाल्ये वयसि यत्पापं वार्धक्ये यौवनेऽपि वा । अज्ञानाज्ज्ञानतो वाऽपि यः करोति नरः प्रिये । तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति शांडिल्येश्वरदर्शनात्
bālye vayasi yatpāpaṃ vārdhakye yauvane'pi vā | ajñānājjñānato vā'pi yaḥ karoti naraḥ priye | tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti śāṃḍilyeśvaradarśanāt
Ô bien-aimée, quel que soit le péché qu’un homme commette dans l’enfance, la jeunesse ou la vieillesse—par ignorance ou même sciemment—tout cela s’anéantit par le darśana de Śāṇḍilyeśvara.
Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Śāṇḍilyeśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (explicit ‘priye’)
Scene: A pilgrim of mixed ages (child/youth/elder) symbolically represented, all receiving the same cleansing grace from the liṅga’s darśana; dark stains dissolve into light as the shrine radiates compassion.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s grace is portrayed as universally purifying, offering renewal regardless of one’s past or life-stage.
Śāṇḍilyeśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Darśana (pilgrimage-visit and sacred sight) is the stated means of purification.