Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 169
गयाश्राद्धफलं कृत्यं तेषां देवि भविष्यति त्वद्दर्शनात्तथा मुक्तिः पातकस्य भविष्यति
gayāśrāddhaphalaṃ kṛtyaṃ teṣāṃ devi bhaviṣyati tvaddarśanāttathā muktiḥ pātakasya bhaviṣyati
हे देवी, त्यांचे हे कृत्य गयाश्राद्धाचेच फळ देईल; तसेच तुझ्या दर्शनाने पापातूनही मुक्ती होईल।
Unspecified (contextual narrator addressing Devī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa Devi-tīrtha (Arbuda-khaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (vocative ‘devi’)
Scene: A devotee couple completes piṇḍadāna and then approaches a Devi sanctum; the Goddess is shown as compassionate yet powerful, granting pāpa-vimocana; a subtle visual cue references Gayā (e.g., a symbolic footmark/viṣṇupada motif) to indicate equivalence.
FAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity can grant fruits comparable to famed pilgrimage centers, and Devī-darśana is affirmed as sin-destroying.
The Arbuda-kṣetra āśrama/tīrtha is praised as conferring results equal to Gayā-śrāddha.
Śrāddha-related piṇḍa rites (implied from the previous verse) and Devī-darśana as a means for pāpa-mukti.