Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
कुमारो दर्शनात्सद्यः सफलो हि नृणां सदा । ये पापिनो ह्यधर्म्मिष्ठाः श्वपचा अपि लोमश । दर्शनाद्धूतपापास्ते भवंत्येव न संशयः
kumāro darśanātsadyaḥ saphalo hi nṛṇāṃ sadā | ye pāpino hyadharmmiṣṭhāḥ śvapacā api lomaśa | darśanāddhūtapāpāste bhavaṃtyeva na saṃśayaḥ
कुमाराचे दर्शन होताच मनुष्यांना तत्क्षणी फलप्राप्ती होते. जे पापी व अधर्मनिष्ठ आहेत—अगदी श्वपचही, हे लोमश—तेही दर्शनाने पापमुक्त होतात; यात संशय नाही.
Unnamed narrator addressing Lomaśa (deduced: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the account)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual) / Kumāra-darśana within Kedārakhaṇḍa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka (and sages)
Scene: A procession of diverse pilgrims—ascetics, householders, and outcast figures—approach Kumāra; upon darśana, a visual motif of dark stains dissolving into light, signifying pāpa-kṣaya; Lomaśa as witness to the assurance ‘na saṃśayaḥ’.
FAQs
Divine grace is transformative: sincere contact through darśana can purify even the most fallen.
Not a single named site in this verse; it supports the Kedārakhaṇḍa theme of salvific holiness in the Kedāra-Himalayan sphere.
Darśana (devotional seeing/visitation) of Kumāra as a purifying act.