Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं कुमारेश्वरजं फलम् । कुमारदर्शनात्पुण्यं प्राप्यते पाण्डुनन्दन
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kumāreśvarajaṃ phalam | kumāradarśanātpuṇyaṃ prāpyate pāṇḍunandana
இவை அனைத்தும் உனக்குச் சொல்லப்பட்டது—குமாரேஸ்வரத்திலிருந்து உண்டாகும் பலன். குமாரனின் தரிசனமात्रத்தால் புண்ணியம் கிடைக்கும், ஓ பாண்டு நந்தனா.
Unspecified in snippet (context: narrator concluding tīrtha-phala)
Tirtha: Kumāreśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pāṇḍunandana
Scene: Pilgrims approach a shrine where Kumāra/Skanda is visible—either as a murti or as a divine epiphany near Kumāreśvara; the moment of darśana is highlighted: folded hands, tears of devotion, radiant deity.
FAQs
Darśana (sacred seeing) of Kumāra/Skanda is itself meritorious, emphasizing devotion through encounter with the deity.
Kumāreśvara—presented as the focal shrine/tīrtha whose fruits are being summarized.
Darśana of Kumāra at Kumāreśvara is highlighted as a direct source of puṇya.