Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
दुःशीलाख्यः क्षितौ सोऽपि प्रासादः ख्याति मागतः । यस्य संदर्शनादेव नरः पापात्प्रमुच्यते
duḥśīlākhyaḥ kṣitau so'pi prāsādaḥ khyāti māgataḥ | yasya saṃdarśanādeva naraḥ pāpātpramucyate
ພຣະວິຫານໃນໂລກນີ້ ທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ «ດຸຫຊີລາ» ກໍໄດ້ມີຊື່ສຽງ—ພຽງແຕ່ເຫັນກໍ ມະນຸດພົ້ນຈາກບາບໄດ້।
Narrative context (continuation of Sūta’s account)
Tirtha: Duḥśīla
Type: temple
Scene: A renowned earthly shrine called Duḥśīla; pilgrims approach, and by mere sight their sins fall away—visualized as darkness dissolving into light.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is transformative: even darśana (sacred seeing) of a sanctified shrine is praised as a purifier of sin.
The prāsāda named Duḥśīla, a famed shrine within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
Darśana—visiting and beholding the shrine as a meritorious act.
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