Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
दुःशीलाख्यः क्षितौ सोऽपि प्रासादः ख्याति मागतः । यस्य संदर्शनादेव नरः पापात्प्रमुच्यते
duḥśīlākhyaḥ kṣitau so'pi prāsādaḥ khyāti māgataḥ | yasya saṃdarśanādeva naraḥ pāpātpramucyate
पृथ्वीवर ‘दुःशील’ नावाचा तो प्रासादही प्रसिद्ध झाला; ज्याचे केवळ दर्शन घेतल्यानेच मनुष्य पापातून मुक्त होतो.
Narrative context (continuation of Sūta’s account)
Tirtha: Duḥśīla
Type: temple
Scene: A renowned earthly shrine called Duḥśīla; pilgrims approach, and by mere sight their sins fall away—visualized as darkness dissolving into light.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is transformative: even darśana (sacred seeing) of a sanctified shrine is praised as a purifier of sin.
The prāsāda named Duḥśīla, a famed shrine within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
Darśana—visiting and beholding the shrine as a meritorious act.