Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
श्रेष्ठदेवस्य माहात्म्यं ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः । उन्नतस्थानसंस्थस्य देवस्य बालरूपिणः । यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
śreṣṭhadevasya māhātmyaṃ brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ | unnatasthānasaṃsthasya devasya bālarūpiṇaḥ | yasya darśanamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
मैं श्रेष्ठ देव—अव्यक्त जन्म वाले ब्रह्मा—का माहात्म्य कहूँगा, जो उन्नतस्थान में बाल-रूप धारण करके स्थित हैं; जिनके केवल दर्शन से ही सब पापों से मुक्ति मिलती है।
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing)
Tirtha: Bāla-Brahmā at Unnata-sthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Īśvara announces the mahātmyam of Brahmā of unmanifest origin, residing at Unnata-sthāna as a child; the scene suggests a small, radiant child-form deity enthroned, with pilgrims receiving instant purification through sight.
FAQs
Darśana (sacred sight) is elevated as a powerful spiritual act, capable of purifying the devotee when directed to a sanctified deity and place.
Unnata-sthāna in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Brahmā is said to abide.
Darśana itself is emphasized—merely beholding the deity is said to grant freedom from sins.
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