Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32
कृपाविष्टाः सहास्माभिः सञ्जातेऽपि सुदर्शने । मुनीनां यतचित्तानां दर्शनाद्धि शुभं भवेत्
kṛpāviṣṭāḥ sahāsmābhiḥ sañjāte'pi sudarśane | munīnāṃ yatacittānāṃ darśanāddhi śubhaṃ bhavet
“ด้วยความกรุณา เราจึงเมตตา แม้เจ้าจะได้มาอยู่ในสายตาอันดีของเรา; เพราะเพียงได้เห็นเหล่ามุนีผู้สำรวมจิต ย่อมนำมาซึ่งสิริมงคลแท้”
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Tirtha: Munidarśana (conceptual tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: the sinner who has come into their sight
Scene: The sages’ faces soften with compassion; the sinner stands within their ‘good sight’ (sudarśana), as if bathed in a gentle radiance; the atmosphere turns auspicious.
FAQs
Holy association (darśana of disciplined sages) itself generates auspiciousness and can turn one toward dharma.
The verse praises the sanctifying power of meeting sages within a tīrtha context, but does not name a particular site.
No formal rite is prescribed; the implied practice is sat-saṅga—seeking the company and darśana of holy persons.