Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
श्रेष्ठदेवस्य माहात्म्यं ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः । उन्नतस्थानसंस्थस्य देवस्य बालरूपिणः । यस्य दर्शनमात्रेण सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
śreṣṭhadevasya māhātmyaṃ brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ | unnatasthānasaṃsthasya devasya bālarūpiṇaḥ | yasya darśanamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
അവ്യക്തജന്മനായ ശ്രേഷ്ഠദേവൻ ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം ഞാൻ വിവരിക്കുന്നു; ഉന്നതസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ അദ്ദേഹം ബാലരൂപത്തിൽ അധിഷ്ഠിതൻ; അദ്ദേഹത്തെ ദർശിച്ചതുമാത്രത്തിൽ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു മോചനം ലഭിക്കുന്നു।
Īśvara (Śiva) (continuing)
Tirtha: Bāla-Brahmā at Unnata-sthāna
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Īśvara announces the mahātmyam of Brahmā of unmanifest origin, residing at Unnata-sthāna as a child; the scene suggests a small, radiant child-form deity enthroned, with pilgrims receiving instant purification through sight.
FAQs
Darśana (sacred sight) is elevated as a powerful spiritual act, capable of purifying the devotee when directed to a sanctified deity and place.
Unnata-sthāna in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Brahmā is said to abide.
Darśana itself is emphasized—merely beholding the deity is said to grant freedom from sins.