Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24
अस्मिन्मित्रवने देवि यो गोपीभिः प्रतिष्ठितः । तस्य दर्शनमात्रेण दुःखशोकैः प्रमुच्यते
asminmitravane devi yo gopībhiḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ | tasya darśanamātreṇa duḥkhaśokaiḥ pramucyate
ఓ దేవీ, ఈ మిత్రవనంలో గోపికలచే ప్రతిష్ఠింపబడిన ఆ దేవుని కేవలం దర్శనమాత్రంతోనే దుఃఖశోకాల నుండి విముక్తి కలుగుతుంది.
Śiva (deduced: narration to Devī within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Mitravana (Gopyāditya-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: In a serene grove (Mitravana), the installed Gopyāditya deity shines; a pilgrim approaches with tearful eyes and, upon darśana, becomes visibly relieved—sorrow lifting like a veil.
FAQs
Darśana at a sanctified tīrtha is portrayed as transformative—relieving inner grief and worldly suffering.
Mitravana within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the gopīs installed the deity known as Gopyāditya.
Darśana (sacred viewing) is emphasized as the key act, with immediate spiritual-psychological fruit.