Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
विप्राणां त्वं परो देवो विप्रसर्गोऽपि त्वन्मयः । नितरां पूतमेतन्नः स्थानं देव त्वयेक्षितम्
viprāṇāṃ tvaṃ paro devo viprasargo'pi tvanmayaḥ | nitarāṃ pūtametannaḥ sthānaṃ deva tvayekṣitam
ವಿಪ್ರರಿಗೆ ನೀವೇ ಪರಮ ದೇವರು; ವಿಪ್ರಸಮುದಾಯವೂ ನಿಮ್ಮಿಂದಲೇ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಹೇ ದೇವಾ, ನಿಮ್ಮ ದೃಷ್ಟಿ-ದರ್ಶನದಿಂದ ನಮ್ಮ ಈ ಸ್ಥಳ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಪವಿತ್ರವಾಗಿದೆ।
Dvijottamāḥ (addressing Sūrya)
Scene: Devotees proclaim Sūrya’s supremacy for brāhmaṇas and the pervasion of the vipra-society by him; the Sun’s rays fall upon their settlement/ritual ground, visually ‘purifying’ it.
FAQs
Darśana of the deity sanctifies a place and its people; holiness is intensified by divine presence and recognition.
The sages’ locale that becomes Jayāditya-sthāna, purified specifically by Sūrya’s glance.
Implicitly, seeking darśana and honoring the deity’s presence as a purifier of the sthāna.