Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
तत्रैव संस्थितं पश्येच्छुकेश्वरमिति श्रुतम् । तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो देवि मुक्तः स्यात्सर्वपातकैः
tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyecchukeśvaramiti śrutam | taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi muktaḥ syātsarvapātakaiḥ
అక్కడే నిలిచి శుక్రేశ్వరుని దర్శించవలెను—అని శ్రుతి. ఓ దేవీ, ఆయనను దర్శించిన మనిషి సమస్త పాపాల నుండి విముక్తుడగును.
Īśvara (Śiva) (addressing Devī, implied by 'devi')
Tirtha: Śukreśvara
Type: temple
Listener: Devī (explicit: 'devī')
Scene: A devotee approaches a Śiva-liṅga shrine named Śukreśvara; the sanctum glows with lamp-light, priests chant, and the devotee’s posture shows surrender; the atmosphere suggests immediate purification.
FAQs
Darśana of Śiva at a consecrated tīrtha is upheld as a purifier that removes accumulated sin and reorients the devotee toward dharma.
Śukreśvara, a Śiva site within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra pilgrimage landscape.
Darśana (visiting and reverently beholding) of Śukreśvara is prescribed as spiritually efficacious.