Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
बहुना किमिहोक्तेन शृणु संक्षेपतो नृप । एकतस्तु भवेत्सर्वमेकतो हरिदर्शनम्
bahunā kimihoktena śṛṇu saṃkṣepato nṛpa | ekatastu bhavetsarvamekato haridarśanam
ഇവിടെ അധികം പറയുന്നതെന്തിന്? ഹേ നൃപ, സംക്ഷേപമായി കേൾക്കുക—ഒരു വശത്ത് സർവ്വഫലസമൂഹം, മറുവശത്ത് ഹരിദർശനമാത്രം।
Narrator/Ṛṣi addressing the King (contextual speaker within Arbuda Khaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Hari-darśana at Hṛṣīkeśa (Arbuda-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: nṛpa (king)
Scene: A teacher-sage addressing a king, gesturing with one hand to a heap of ritual symbols (Vedas, yajña implements) and with the other toward Hari’s sanctum, indicating the latter outweighs the former.
FAQs
Hari’s darśana is portrayed as surpassing (or equaling) all other accumulated religious merits.
The Arbuda-region sacred setting where Hari (Hṛṣīkeśa) is worshipped; the passage frames the site’s power through Hari-darśana.
No specific rite is prescribed here—this verse emphasizes the salvific power of darśana itself.