Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
लक्ष्मीं नदीं ततो गच्छेद्गच्छन्तीं सागरं प्रति । यस्या दर्शनमात्रेण मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
lakṣmīṃ nadīṃ tato gacchedgacchantīṃ sāgaraṃ prati | yasyā darśanamātreṇa mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
അനന്തരം സമുദ്രത്തേയ്ക്ക് ഒഴുകുന്ന ലക്ഷ്മീ നദിയിലേക്കു പോകണം; അവളെ ദർശിച്ചുമാത്രം സകല പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചനം ലഭിക്കുന്നു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Lakṣmī-nadī
Type: river
Listener: Pilgrim-seeker / addressed brāhmaṇa audience (implicit)
Scene: A pilgrim approaches a luminous river named Lakṣmī flowing toward the ocean; the sea glitters ahead, and the pilgrim folds hands in reverence, suggesting purification through mere sight.
FAQs
Sacred geography is itself salvific—contact even through darśana can purify grave sin.
The Lakṣmī-nadī (river Lakṣmī) flowing toward the ocean.
Darśana—going to behold the sacred river (with implied reverence and pilgrimage).