Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60
स्नातमात्रोथ राजा स हाटकेश्वदर्शनात् । चंडालत्वेन निर्मुक्तो बभूवार्कसमद्युतिः
snātamātrotha rājā sa hāṭakeśvadarśanāt | caṃḍālatvena nirmukto babhūvārkasamadyutiḥ
സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത ഉടനെ ആ രാജാവ് ഹാടകേശ്വരദർശനമാത്രത്താൽ ചാണ്ഡാലത്വത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുക്തനായി സൂര്യസമാന ദ്യുതിയോടെ പ്രകാശിച്ചു।
Sūta (continuing narration)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: A formerly afflicted king completes ritual bathing, then beholds the Hāṭakeśvara liṅga; his body becomes luminous like the rising sun as attendants and sages witness the transformation.
FAQs
Tīrtha-snān and Śiva-darśana are celebrated as immediately transformative, restoring purity and spiritual radiance.
Hāṭakeśvara—its liṅga-darśana is explicitly praised as granting purification.
Snāna (bathing) followed by Hāṭakeśvara-darśana (beholding the liṅga).