Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
तद्दर्शनाद्भवेत्सम्यग्गोदानजनितं फलम् । गोलोकात्प्रेषिता गावः पूर्वं यच्छंभुना स्वयम्
taddarśanādbhavetsamyaggodānajanitaṃ phalam | golokātpreṣitā gāvaḥ pūrvaṃ yacchaṃbhunā svayam
ਉਸ (ਗੋਪ੍ਰੇਕ੍ਸ਼) ਦੇ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਨਾਲ ਗੋ-ਦਾਨ ਤੋਂ ਉਪਜਿਆ ਪੁੰਨ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਪੁਰਾਤਨ ਸਮੇਂ ਸ਼ੰਭੂ (ਸ਼ਿਵ) ਨੇ ਆਪ ਗੋਲੋਕ ਤੋਂ ਗਾਂਵਾਂ ਭੇਜੀਆਂ ਸਨ।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Goprekṣa-liṅga
Type: kshetra
Scene: At the Goprekṣa liṅga, a devotee’s darśana triggers a visionary tableau: celestial cows descending from Goloka, guided by Śiva’s will; the liṅga glows as if reflecting a herd’s gentle presence.
FAQs
Kāśī intensifies merit: darśana at a sanctified liṅga can equal major acts of charity, showing how place, devotion, and divine grace converge.
The Goprekṣa liṅga, praised for granting the fruit of go-dāna through darśana.
Cow-gift (go-dāna) is referenced as a benchmark of merit; the verse emphasizes darśana as an equivalent merit-bearing act.