Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
या नारी पतिना मुक्ता सपत्नीदुःखदुःखिता । अस्य संदर्शनादेव सा भविष्यति विज्वरा । सुतसौभाग्यसंपन्ना भर्तृप्राणसमा तथा
yā nārī patinā muktā sapatnīduḥkhaduḥkhitā | asya saṃdarśanādeva sā bhaviṣyati vijvarā | sutasaubhāgyasaṃpannā bhartṛprāṇasamā tathā
जो स्त्री पति द्वारा त्यागी गई हो और सौतन के दुःख से पीड़ित हो, वह इस पवित्र दर्शन मात्र से ही रोग-शोक से मुक्त हो जाती है। उसे पुत्र-सौभाग्य प्राप्त होता है और वह फिर पति को प्राणों के समान प्रिय हो जाती है।
Pulastya (contextual, continuing instruction to a king)
Tirtha: Kaṭeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sorrowful abandoned woman approaches the Kaṭeśvara shrine; upon darśana her fever/affliction lifts, her face brightens, and a symbolic vision of children and marital harmony appears as Śiva’s grace radiates from the liṅga.
FAQs
Sacred darśana itself is presented as a direct purifier and healer, restoring well-being and dharmic harmony.
The Kaṭeśvara–Gaṅgeśvara sacred context within Arbuda Khaṇḍa (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).
No detailed rite is specified here; the emphasized practice is darśana (reverent sight) of the sacred form/site.
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