Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
तद्दर्शनाद्भवेत्सम्यग्गोदानजनितं फलम् । गोलोकात्प्रेषिता गावः पूर्वं यच्छंभुना स्वयम्
taddarśanādbhavetsamyaggodānajanitaṃ phalam | golokātpreṣitā gāvaḥ pūrvaṃ yacchaṃbhunā svayam
ಆ ಗೋಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷದ ದರ್ಶನಮಾತ್ರದಿಂದಲೇ ಗೋদানದಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ಪುಣ್ಯಫಲ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ದೊರೆಯುತ್ತದೆ. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಪೂರ್ವಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ವಯಂ ಶಂಭುವೇ ಗೋಲೋಕದಿಂದ ಹಸುಗಳನ್ನು ಕಳುಹಿಸಿದ್ದನು.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Goprekṣa-liṅga
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the Goprekṣa liṅga, a devotee’s darśana triggers a visionary tableau: celestial cows descending from Goloka, guided by Śiva’s will; the liṅga glows as if reflecting a herd’s gentle presence.
FAQs
Kāśī intensifies merit: darśana at a sanctified liṅga can equal major acts of charity, showing how place, devotion, and divine grace converge.
The Goprekṣa liṅga, praised for granting the fruit of go-dāna through darśana.
Cow-gift (go-dāna) is referenced as a benchmark of merit; the verse emphasizes darśana as an equivalent merit-bearing act.