Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 112
चैत्रमासे च यो नित्यं तं च देवं प्रपश्यति । क्षणं कृत्वा स पापेन वार्षिकेण प्रमुच्यते
caitramāse ca yo nityaṃ taṃ ca devaṃ prapaśyati | kṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā sa pāpena vārṣikeṇa pramucyate
ผู้ใดในเดือนไจตระเฝ้าดูพระเทวะนั้นเป็นนิตย์ แม้เพียงชั่วขณะ ก็ย่อมพ้นจากบาปที่สั่งสมตลอดหนึ่งปี
Sūta (narrative voice continuing the māhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (frame)
Scene: Devotees arrive in the bright spring month of Caitra; a brief, reverent glimpse of the deity in the sanctum is shown as spiritually transformative, with light streaming from the garbhagṛha.
FAQs
Even brief, sincere darśana in an auspicious time can bring powerful purification when grounded in regular devotion.
The verse praises the deity of the local Nāgarakhaṇḍa Śiva-site, later identified with Nimbēśvara.
Daily/regular darśana of the deity in the month of Caitra.