Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
दृष्ट्वाग्रे छिद्रकं व्यालयुक्तं दोषैर्विमुच्यते । ग्रहभूतपिशाचोत्थैस्तथान्यैरपि चापदैः
dṛṣṭvāgre chidrakaṃ vyālayuktaṃ doṣairvimucyate | grahabhūtapiśācotthaistathānyairapi cāpadaiḥ
समोर सर्पचिन्हयुक्त ‘छिद्रक’ पाहिल्याने मनुष्य दोषांपासून मुक्त होतो; तसेच ग्रह, भूत, पिशाच यांपासून उत्पन्न व इतरही आपत्तींमधून सुटतो।
Sūta (tīrtha-phala description)
Tirtha: Chidraka (serpent-marked protective marker) at Ambā-Revatī kṣetra
Type: ghat
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis
Scene: At the shrine’s entrance stands the ‘Chidraka’—a cleft/holed stone or emblematic marker entwined with serpent imagery; a devotee gazes upon it and appears relieved as shadowy ‘graha/bhūta/piśāca’ forms dissolve.
FAQs
In tīrtha-māhātmya, even darśana (sacred seeing) is presented as a purifying, protective act that dispels seen and unseen afflictions.
A site-feature called ‘Chidraka’ associated with serpents (vyāla-yukta) within the same Nāgara Khaṇḍa sacred geography.
Darśana: beholding the Chidraka at the site as a protective and purificatory practice.