Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8
बाल्ये वयसि यत्पापं वार्द्धके यौवनेऽपि वा । वसिष्ठदर्शनात्सद्यो नराणां याति संक्षयम्
bālye vayasi yatpāpaṃ vārddhake yauvane'pi vā | vasiṣṭhadarśanātsadyo narāṇāṃ yāti saṃkṣayam
Qualquer pecado que uma pessoa tenha acumulado—na infância, na juventude ou na velhice—pelo simples darśana (visão sagrada) de Vasiṣṭha, perece prontamente nos seres humanos.
Sūta (deduced, Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha: Vasiṣṭha-darśana (Vasiṣṭhāśrama, Arbuda)
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Scene: A pilgrim approaches Vasiṣṭha seated in meditation; as the pilgrim beholds him, dark wisps symbolizing sins dissolve into light around the hermitage.
FAQs
Darśana of a realized sage is itself a purifying act that burns away accumulated wrongdoing across all life-stages.
Vasiṣṭha’s presence at his āśrama, whose darśana is praised as immediately purifying.
No complex rite is required here—simply obtaining Vasiṣṭha’s darśana is presented as spiritually efficacious.