Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 16
त उचुः । कुत्रासौ विद्यते योगी नाज्ञासिष्म वयं च तम् । संवर्तदर्शनान्मुक्तिरिति चास्मदनुग्रहः
ta ucuḥ | kutrāsau vidyate yogī nājñāsiṣma vayaṃ ca tam | saṃvartadarśanānmuktiriti cāsmadanugrahaḥ
Mereka berkata: “Di manakah yogī itu berada? Kami tidak mengenalnya. Dan dikatakan bahawa dengan memandang Saṃvarta sahaja datanglah pembebasan—itulah kurnia tuan kepada kami.”
Residents/foremost ones of Nāḍījaṅgha (petitioners)
Tirtha: Saṃvarta-darśana (person-tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: The advising sage (addressed by ‘you’)
Scene: The seekers speak earnestly, palms joined, asking where Saṃvarta can be found; a visionary vignette shows Saṃvarta as a radiant yogin in meditation, aura suggesting ‘darśana-mukti’.
FAQs
Holy company and darśana of the spiritually accomplished are portrayed as powerful catalysts for liberation.
Not named in this verse, but the query leads directly to Saṃvarta’s residence in Vārāṇasī (Kāśī).
Seeking darśana of Saṃvarta—approaching and seeing the yogī—is indicated as spiritually efficacious.