Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तं देवं यत्नतो द्विजाः । पश्येदात्महितार्थाय स्ववंशपरिवृद्धये
tasmātsarvaprayatnena taṃ devaṃ yatnato dvijāḥ | paśyedātmahitārthāya svavaṃśaparivṛddhaye
ដូច្នេះហើយ ឱ ពួកទ្វិជៈ ដោយប្រឹងប្រែងគ្រប់យ៉ាង និងដោយការប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន គួរតែទៅទស្សនាព្រះទេវតានោះ ដើម្បីសេចក្តីសុខប្រយោជន៍របស់ខ្លួន និងដើម្បីឲ្យវង្សត្រកូលរីកចម្រើន។
Sūta (deduced from section context)
Tirtha: Vaṭāditya / Sāmbasūrya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvijas (addressed audience)
Scene: A group of dvijas (brahmins) are addressed by a narrator, pointing toward the radiant Sūrya shrine; pilgrims prepare offerings and travel gear, symbolizing ‘every effort’ for darśana aimed at welfare and lineage increase.
FAQs
Pilgrimage and darśana are framed as dhārmic acts that support both personal well-being and family continuity.
The Sāmbasūrya-associated kṣetra/tīrtha praised throughout Adhyāya 56.
An exhortation to make earnest effort to obtain darśana of the deity at the site.