Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 86
सद्यः पापविशुद्धिः स्याद्यथा गोकर्णदर्शनात् । अपि पापशतं कृत्वा ब्रह्म हत्यादि मानवः
sadyaḥ pāpaviśuddhiḥ syādyathā gokarṇadarśanāt | api pāpaśataṃ kṛtvā brahma hatyādi mānavaḥ
ഗോകർണദർശനമാത്രംകൊണ്ട് തന്നെ തത്സമയം പാപശുദ്ധി ലഭിക്കുന്നു; മനുഷ്യൻ നൂറുകണക്കിന് പാപങ്ങൾ ചെയ്താലും—ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാദികളും ചെയ്താലും—(അവൻ ശുദ്ധനാകുന്നു)।
Unknown (narrative voice not identifiable from the isolated verse; likely Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Gokarṇa
Type: kshetra
Scene: A burdened sinner arrives at Gokarṇa; upon seeing the kṣetra, dark stains dissolve into light; Śiva’s compassionate presence is felt as a cleansing wave.
FAQs
Pilgrimage and darśana at a supremely holy Śaiva site are depicted as capable of rapid moral-spiritual renewal.
Gokarṇa, specifically through its darśana (sacred sight/visit).
Darśana—visiting and beholding the sacred place (and implicitly its deity/linga).