Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 74
धर्मेशदर्शनान्नित्यं तथाभूतः स दुर्दमः । बभूव दमिनां श्रेष्ठः प्रांते मोक्षं च लब्धवान्
dharmeśadarśanānnityaṃ tathābhūtaḥ sa durdamaḥ | babhūva damināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ prāṃte mokṣaṃ ca labdhavān
Dengan darśana Dharmēśa yang berterusan, Durdama pun berubah sedemikian. Baginda menjadi yang terunggul dalam kalangan mereka yang menahan diri, dan pada akhirnya memperoleh mokṣa juga.
Skanda (narration context: Kāśīkhaṇḍa, typically Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Dharmēśvara in Kāśī
Type: temple
Scene: A sequence-like image: repeated visits to Dharmēśvara—each time the devotee’s posture becomes calmer; finally he sits in deep composure, radiance around him, suggesting liberation at life’s end.
FAQs
Regular darśana of the Lord in a mokṣa-kṣetra cultivates dama (self-restraint) and culminates in liberation.
Dharmēśvara/Dharmēśa in Kāśī, whose darśana is credited with inner transformation and mokṣa.
Nitya-darśana (regular/continual devotional visitation) of Dharmēśa is implied as a practice.