Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
ऋषय ऊचुः । एष एव वरोऽस्माकं सर्वेषां हृदि वर्त्तितः । युगपद्दर्शनाद्देव जायतां फलमुत्तमम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | eṣa eva varo'smākaṃ sarveṣāṃ hṛdi varttitaḥ | yugapaddarśanāddeva jāyatāṃ phalamuttamam
ഋഷികൾ പറഞ്ഞു—ഞങ്ങളൊക്കെയുടെയും ഹൃദയത്തിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്ന വരം ഇതൊന്നുതന്നെ. ഹേ ദേവാ! ഈ ഒരുമിച്ചുള്ള ദർശനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഉത്തമഫലം ഉദ്ഭവിക്കട്ടെ।
Ṛṣis (assembled sages)
Listener: Śrī Mahādeva
Scene: Sages, hands folded, speak in one voice, requesting the supreme fruit born from their shared darśana of Śiva.
FAQs
Devotees seek not worldly gain but the ‘uttama phala’—the highest spiritual benefit arising from divine darśana.
The Koṭiliṅga-associated sacred place in Arbuda, where simultaneous darśana becomes possible.
No explicit rite; the emphasis is on darśana itself as a spiritually fruitful act.