Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 130
चतुर्वेदेश्वरश्चैष चतुर्वेदधरो विधिः । लभेद्यद्वीक्षणाद्विप्रो वेदाध्ययनजं फलम्
caturvedeśvaraścaiṣa caturvedadharo vidhiḥ | labhedyadvīkṣaṇādvipro vedādhyayanajaṃ phalam
ഇവനാണ് ചതുര്വേദങ്ങളുടെ ഈശ്വരൻ—ചതുര്വേദധാരിയായ വിധാതാ ബ്രഹ്മാവ്. അദ്ദേഹത്തെ ദർശിക്കുന്നതുമാത്രം കൊണ്ട് ബ്രാഹ്മണന് വേദാധ്യയനഫലം ലഭിക്കുന്നു.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Caturvedeśvara / Caturvedadhara (Brahmā-darśana)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A shrine-image of Brahmā, radiant and composed, bearing the four Vedas; a brāhmaṇa pilgrim stands with folded hands, receiving by mere sight the fruit of Vedic study.
FAQs
In a supreme tīrtha, darśana (sacred seeing) can confer Vedic merit, showing grace as a complement to learning.
A Kāśī locale where Brahmā (Vidhi), ‘bearer of the four Vedas,’ is to be beheld; the verse emphasizes the darśana-phala within Kāśī’s sacred geography.
Darśana (vīkṣaṇa)—reverent beholding of Brahmā—is presented as the efficacious act yielding Vedic-study fruit.