Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
यस्मिन्दृष्टे मनुष्याणां पूजिते तु वरानने । नश्येच्च सप्तजन्माघं गृहभंगश्च नो भवेत्
yasmindṛṣṭe manuṣyāṇāṃ pūjite tu varānane | naśyecca saptajanmāghaṃ gṛhabhaṃgaśca no bhavet
Ô Déesse au visage gracieux : rien qu’en le contemplant—et plus encore en lui rendant un culte—les péchés des hommes de sept existences sont anéantis, et la ruine du foyer n’advient pas.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Ratīśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Devī (Varānanā)
Scene: Devotees behold and worship Ratīśvara; a radiant liṅga bestows purification—seven births’ sins dissolve—and a household remains intact and prosperous.
FAQs
Darśana and pūjā at a sanctified Śiva-site are presented as transformative—purifying deep karmic residue and stabilizing worldly life.
Ratīśvara in Prabhāsa Kṣetra (located near Kāmeśvara as per the preceding verse).
Darśana (seeing the deity) and pūjā (formal worship) are explicitly identified as the means to obtain the stated fruits.