Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10
नारद उवाच । एवमुक्तो भास्करेण तं तदा प्राब्रवं वचः । भारते विहृतः खण्डे महीनगरकादपि । दर्शनार्थं तव विभो समायातोऽस्मि भास्कर
nārada uvāca | evamukto bhāskareṇa taṃ tadā prābravaṃ vacaḥ | bhārate vihṛtaḥ khaṇḍe mahīnagarakādapi | darśanārthaṃ tava vibho samāyāto'smi bhāskara
Nārada berkata: Setelah Bhāskara menegurku demikian, aku pun menjawab: “Aku telah mengembara di Bhārata-varṣa, bahkan hingga wilayah bernama Mahīnagaraka; dan, wahai Tuhan Yang Mulia, wahai Bhāskara, aku datang ke sini demi memperoleh darśana-Mu.”
Nārada
Tirtha: Mahīnagaraka (as referenced)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Bhāskara (Ravi)
Scene: Nārada, hands folded, speaks to the radiant Bhāskara: he recounts roaming across Bhārata-varṣa and arriving specifically for the Sun’s darśana.
FAQs
Pilgrimage and travel attain sanctity when oriented toward darśana—direct encounter with the divine.
The verse mentions Bhārata-varṣa and a region called Mahīnagaraka, but does not explicitly praise a named tirtha in this line.
None explicitly; the devotional act emphasized is darśana-seeking.