Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
ये केचिद्रोगिणो लोके तेषां तद्भेषजं महत् । माघमासे द्वितीयायां दर्शनं तस्य दुर्लभम्
ye kecidrogiṇo loke teṣāṃ tadbheṣajaṃ mahat | māghamāse dvitīyāyāṃ darśanaṃ tasya durlabham
जगात जे काही रोगी आहेत, त्यांच्यासाठी ते महान औषध आहे; परंतु माघ महिन्याच्या द्वितीयेला त्याचे दर्शन दुर्लभ आहे.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Aśvineśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A line of sick pilgrims seeking relief; the shrine stands radiant; a calendar motif indicates Māgha month and dvitīyā tithi; the crowd suggests the difficulty/rarity of obtaining darśana on that day.
FAQs
Sacred time (tithi and month) intensifies the fruit of sacred place; rare timing heightens the value of darśana.
Aśvineśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra, praised as a ‘medicine’ for the afflicted.
Seek darśana especially on Māgha śukla/kr̥ṣṇa Dvitīyā (the second lunar day), implying a calendrical vrata-like observance.