Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
श्रीमहादेव उवाच । न वृथा दर्शनं मे स्याद्विशेषाद्ब्राह्मणस्य च । दर्शनं ये करिष्यंति तेषां च तीर्थजं फलम्
śrīmahādeva uvāca | na vṛthā darśanaṃ me syādviśeṣādbrāhmaṇasya ca | darśanaṃ ye kariṣyaṃti teṣāṃ ca tīrthajaṃ phalam
ശ്രീമഹാദേവൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—എന്റെ ദർശനം വ്യർത്ഥമാകുകയില്ല, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ബ്രാഹ്മണനോടു. എന്റെ ദർശനം ചെയ്യുന്നവർക്ക് തീർത്ഥജന്യ ഫലവും ലഭിക്കും।
Śrī Mahādeva (Śiva)
Listener: Munis
Scene: Śiva assures the sages that his darśana is never futile and grants tīrtha-born merit to future visitors who behold him.
FAQs
Darśana of Śiva at a sanctified place yields real merit; sacred encounter itself becomes tīrtha-like in fruit.
The Arbuda Koṭiliṅga sacred setting where Śiva’s darśana is declared to confer tīrtha-born merit.
The implied prescription is to seek darśana; no separate snāna/dāna/japa is specified in this verse.