Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
गौर्युवाच । यो मामत्र स्थितां पश्येन्नारी वा पुरुषोऽथ वा । स भूयात्सुतसौभाग्यैः सप्तजन्मानि संयुतः
gauryuvāca | yo māmatra sthitāṃ paśyennārī vā puruṣo'tha vā | sa bhūyātsutasaubhāgyaiḥ saptajanmāni saṃyutaḥ
ಗೌರೀ ಹೇಳಿದರು— “ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಪುಣ್ಯಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತಳಾದ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಯಾರು—ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯಾಗಲಿ ಪುರುಷನಾಗಲಿ—ದರ್ಶನಮಾಡುವರೋ, ಅವರು ಏಳು ಜನ್ಮಗಳವರೆಗೆ ಸಂತಾನ-ಸೌಭಾಗ್ಯದಿಂದ ಯುಕ್ತರಾಗುವರು.”
Gaurī (Pārvatī)
Tirtha: Gaurī-sthāna in Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Gaurī speaks a clear phala-śruti: any woman or man who beholds her in that place gains the good fortune of children for seven births; the scene centers on the Goddess as a compassionate granter of santāna-saubhāgya, with pilgrims approaching for darśana.
FAQs
Darśana (reverent seeing) of the Goddess at a holy kṣetra is presented as a direct source of lasting auspiciousness and family-blessing.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), where Gaurī is described as abiding and granting boons.
No specific rite is prescribed here beyond the act of darśana—beholding Gaurī at the kṣetra.
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