Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 71
या नारी दुर्भगा वन्ध्या काणा रूपविवर्जिता । साऽपि त्वद्दर्शनादेव भविष्यति सुरूपधृक् । प्रजावती सुभोगाढ्या सुभगा नात्र संशयः
yā nārī durbhagā vandhyā kāṇā rūpavivarjitā | sā'pi tvaddarśanādeva bhaviṣyati surūpadhṛk | prajāvatī subhogāḍhyā subhagā nātra saṃśayaḥ
जी स्त्री दुर्भाग्यवती, वंध्या, काणी किंवा रूपविहीन असेल—तीही केवळ तुझ्या दर्शनानेच सुरूपधारिणी होईल; संततीवती, उत्तम भोग-समृद्धीने युक्त व सुभाग्यवती बनेल—यात संशय नाही।
Narrative voice (contextual praise within the Māhātmya)
Type: temple
Scene: Women devotees—some sorrowful, some hopeful—stand before the deity; after darśana, their faces brighten, adorned with auspicious marks; Śiva’s compassionate gaze and the presence of the Goddess suggest restoration and blessing.
FAQs
The Māhātmya frames divine darśana as transformative grace that removes misfortune and bestows auspicious flourishing.
The same Haravedī/Haravedi altar-region where Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva) is praised in this chapter.
No new rite is specified beyond the central act: receiving darśana (beholding) of the deity at the sacred place.