Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
तत्रैव संस्थितं पश्येच्छुकेश्वरमिति श्रुतम् । तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो देवि मुक्तः स्यात्सर्वपातकैः
tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyecchukeśvaramiti śrutam | taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi muktaḥ syātsarvapātakaiḥ
तेथेच स्थित होऊन शुकेश्वराचे दर्शन घ्यावे—असे ऐकिवात आहे। हे देवि, त्यांचे दर्शन केल्याने मनुष्य सर्व पापांतून मुक्त होतो।
Īśvara (Śiva) (addressing Devī, implied by 'devi')
Tirtha: Śukreśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Devī (explicit: 'devī')
Scene: A devotee approaches a Śiva-liṅga shrine named Śukreśvara; the sanctum glows with lamp-light, priests chant, and the devotee’s posture shows surrender; the atmosphere suggests immediate purification.
FAQs
Darśana of Śiva at a consecrated tīrtha is upheld as a purifier that removes accumulated sin and reorients the devotee toward dharma.
Śukreśvara, a Śiva site within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra pilgrimage landscape.
Darśana (visiting and reverently beholding) of Śukreśvara is prescribed as spiritually efficacious.